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English
Etymology
From Late Middle English humayne , humain , from Middle French humain , from Old French humain , umain , from Latin hūmānus m ( “ of or belonging to a man, human, humane ” , adjective ) , from homo , with unclear ū . Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century.
Pronunciation
Adjective
human (comparative more human , superlative most human )
( not comparable ) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
c. 1587–1588 , [Christopher Marlowe ], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592 , →OCLC ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973 , →ISBN , Act II, scene vi :Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt / Their angry ſeedes at his conception: / For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, / Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, / He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.
1660 , [Richard Allestree ], “Sect V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling , London: T Garthwait , →OCLC , page 83 :[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation ”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 188 , number 26 , page 36 :Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
( comparable ) Having the nature or attributes of a human being .
To err is human ; to forgive, divine.
1922 , Ben Travers , chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest :She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’ , Business World , Wall Street Journal ,
Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
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Translations
of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens
Afrikaans: mens (af)
Albanian: njerëzor
Arabic: بَشَرِيّ (ar) ( bašariyy ) , إنْسَانِيّ ( ʔinsāniyy )
Aragonese: umano (an)
Armenian: մարդկային (hy) ( mardkayin )
Assamese: মানুহ ( manuh ) , মানৱ ( manow )
Asturian: humanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: bəşər (az) , insan (az) , bəşəri , insani
Belarusian: чалаве́чы ( čalavjéčy ) , людскі́ ( ljudskí )
Bengali: মানবীয় (bn) ( manbiẏo ) , মানুষিক (bn) ( manuśik )
Bulgarian: чове́шки (bg) ( čovéški )
Burmese: မနုဿ (my) ( ma.nu.ssa. )
Catalan: humà (ca)
Central Sierra Miwok: míw·y-
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人的 (zh) ( rén de ) , 人類的 / 人类的 (zh) ( rénlèi de )
Choctaw: okla
Czech: lidský (cs) m
Danish: menneskelig
Dutch: menselijk (nl) , mens- (nl)
Esperanto: homa (eo)
Estonian: inim- , inimese
Finnish: inhimillinen (fi) , ihmis-
French: humain (fr)
Old French: umain , humain
Galician: humano (gl)
Georgian: ადამიანური ( adamianuri )
German: menschlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 ( mannisks )
Greek: ανθρώπινος (el) ( anthrópinos )
Ancient: ἀνθρωπικός ( anthrōpikós ) , ἀνθρώπειος ( anthrṓpeios )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Haitian Creole: imen
Hebrew: אֱנוֹשִׁי (he) ( enoshí )
Hindi: इंसान ( insān ) , मनुष्य (hi) ( manuṣya ) , मानव (hi) ( mānav ) , इंसानी ( insānī ) , मानवी (hi) ( mānvī )
Hungarian: emberi (hu)
Ido: homa (io)
Indonesian: manusia (id)
Ingrian: ihmiin , ihmihiin , inmiin , inmihiin
Interlingua: human (ia)
Irish: daonna
Italian: umano (it)
Japanese: 人の (ja) ( ひとの, hito no ) , 人間の (ja) ( にんげんの, ningen no )
Kazakh: адами ( adami ) , адам (kk) ( adam )
Khmer: មនុស្ស (km) ( mɔnuh )
Korean: 사람의 (ko) ( saram-ui ) , 인간의 (ko) ( in'gan-ui )
Kyrgyz: адам (ky) ( adam )
Lao: ມະນຸດ (lo) ( ma nut )
Latin: humānus (la) m
Latvian: cilvēcisks
Limburgish: miensjelik (li)
Macedonian: човечки m ( čovečki )
Malay: manusia (ms)
Maltese: uman
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠᡳ ( niyalmai ) , ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ ᠊ᡳ ( niyalma -i )
Maori: tangata (mi)
Maranao: manosiya
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүний (mn) ( xünii )
Ngazidja Comorian: -a kibinadamu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: menneskelig (no)
Occitan: uman (oc)
Old Occitan: uman , human
Odia: ମନୁଷ୍ୟ (or) ( mônuṣyô )
Old English: mennisċ
Pashto: انساني (ps) ( ensāní ) , بشري (ps) ( bašarí )
Persian: اِنْسانی (fa) ( ensâni ) , بَشَری (fa) ( bašari )
Piedmontese: uman
Polish: ludzki (pl) , człowieczy (pl)
Portuguese: humano (pt)
Romanian: omenesc (ro) , uman (ro)
Romansch: uman ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader ) , human ( Sursilvan ) , umaun ( Puter )
Russian: челове́ческий (ru) ( čelovéčeskij ) , людско́й (ru) ( ljudskój )
Sanskrit: मानव (sa) ( mānava ) , मनुष्य (sa) ( manuṣya ) , मानवीय (sa) ( mānavīya ) , मानुष्यक (sa) ( mānuṣyaka )
Scots: human
Scottish Gaelic: daonna
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љу̀дскӣ
Roman: ljùdskī (sh)
Slovak: ľudský
Slovene: človeški , ljúdski
Sotho: motho (st)
Spanish: humano (es)
Swahili: kibinadamu
Swedish: mänsklig (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠘꠥ ( manu ) , ꠝꠣꠘꠥꠡ ( manuś )
Tajik: одамӣ ( odamī ) , инсонӣ ( insonī ) , башарӣ ( bašarī )
Tarifit: iwdan m pl
Telugu: మనిషి (te) ( maniṣi )
Thai: มนุษย์ (th) ( má-nút )
Tsonga: munhu
Turkish: beşeri (tr) , insani (tr)
Turkmen: ynsany
Ukrainian: людськи́й ( ljudsʹkýj )
Urdu: اِنْسانی ( insānī )
Uyghur: ئىنسانىي ( insaniy )
Uzbek: insoniy (uz) , odamiy (uz) , bashariy (uz)
Vietnamese: người (vi)
Welsh: dynol (cy)
Yiddish: מענטשלעך ( mentshlekh )
Yoruba: ènìyàn
having the nature or attributes of a human being
Afrikaans: menslik (af)
Arabic: آدْمِيّ ( ʔādmiyy ) , بَشَرِيّ (ar) ( bašariyy ) , إِنْسَانِيّ ( ʔinsāniyy )
Armenian: մարդկային (hy) ( mardkayin )
Aromanian: uminescu
Asturian: humanu (ast)
Belarusian: чалаве́чы ( čalavjéčy ) , людскі́ ( ljudskí )
Bulgarian: чове́шки (bg) ( čovéški )
Catalan: humà (ca)
Cherokee: ᏴᏫ ( yvwi )
Czech: lidský (cs) m
Danish: menneskelig , human (da)
Dutch: menselijk (nl)
Esperanto: homa (eo)
Estonian: inimlik
Finnish: inhimillinen (fi)
French: humain (fr)
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: humano (gl)
German: menschlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 ( mannisks )
Greek: ανθρώπινος (el) m ( anthrópinos )
Ancient: ἀνθρώπινος ( anthrṓpinos )
Hungarian: emberi (hu)
Ido: homala (io)
Irish: duiniúil , duineata
Italian: umano (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: នៃ មនុស្ស លោក ( nɨy mɔnuh look )
Latin: humānus (la) m
Latvian: cilvēcisks
Macedonian: човечки m ( čovečki )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: menneskelig (no)
Occitan: uman (oc)
Old English: mennisċ
Polish: ludzki (pl) m
Portuguese: humano (pt)
Romanian: omenesc (ro) , uman (ro)
Romansch: uman ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader ) , human ( Sursilvan ) , umaun ( Puter )
Russian: челове́ческий (ru) ( čelovéčeskij ) , людско́й (ru) ( ljudskój )
Scots: human
Scottish Gaelic: daonna
Slovak: ľudský
Slovene: človeški , ljúdski
Spanish: humano (es)
Swedish: mänsklig (sv)
Turkish: insanca (tr)
Yiddish: מענטשלעך ( mentshlekh )
Translations to be checked
Noun
Rendition of the humans on the Pioneer 10 plaque .
human (plural humans )
( strictly , biology ) The tallest, most abundant and most intelligent of primates ; Homo sapiens .
Synonyms: human being , man ; see also Thesaurus:person
Humans share common ancestors with other apes.
2013 April 18, Rock Paper Cynic (webcomic):If I ever have to choose between a future where killer robots hunt humans or a future where bacon supplies have run out ... Let's just say you better start running.
( fantasy , science fiction , mythology ) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race .
1994 March 29, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes :Greetings. I am Blor-Utar from Zimtok-5. I have come to subjugate the human race. Do not resist. Why humans ? Because, in addition to their value as slave labor, they are also delicious and nutritious!
( fantasy , science fiction ) A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
2011 December 29, Alex Culang, Raynato Castro, Buttersafe (webcomic):Greetings, human ! You have stumbled into the dimension of the Snow People. [ …] Flesh plows clear the streets to make them safe to drive. [ …] Does this shock you, human ? Do the ways of our world open your eyes to the truths of your own?
( broadly ) Any hominid of the genus Homo .
Translations
Verb
human (third-person singular simple present humans , present participle humaning or humanning , simple past and past participle humaned or humanned )
( rare ) To behave as or become , or to cause to behave as or become , a human.
1911 , Ambrose Bierce , “Music”, in The collected works of Ambrose Bierce , volume 9, page 362 :[ …] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went on humaning , there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs, [ …]
2013 , Biosocial Becomings , →ISBN , page 19 :There are, then, many ways of humaning : these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.
References
^ Random House Dictionary, 2010
Further reading
human on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“human ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“human ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“human ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
human
to finish
Adjective
human
completed ; done
Adverb
human
after
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:human .
Danish
Adjective
human
human ( having the nature or attributes of a human being )
Synonym: menneskelig
humane ( something done from love to humanity )
Inflection
Inflection of human
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Indefinte common singular
human
—
—2
Indefinite neuter singular
humant
—
—2
Plural
humane
—
—2
Definite attributive1
humane
—
—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
human (strong nominative masculine singular humaner , comparative humaner , superlative am humansten )
humane
Synonym: menschlich
Declension
Comparative forms of human
Superlative forms of human
Related terms
Further reading
“human ” in Duden online
“human ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Interlingua
Adjective
human (comparative plus human , superlative le plus human )
human
humane
Derived terms
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
( Kautokeino ) IPA (key ) : /ˈhuman/
Verb
human
first-person singular present indicative of hupmat ( “ speak, talk ” )
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus .
Adjective
human (neuter singular humant , definite singular and plural humane )
humane
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus .
Adjective
human (neuter singular humant , definite singular and plural humane )
humane
References
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin hūmānus .
Adjective
human m (feminine singular humana , masculine plural humans , feminine plural humanas )
( Sursilvan ) human
Alternative forms
Noun
human m (plural humans ; feminine humana , plural humanas )
( Sursilvan ) (male) human being
Synonym: carstgaun
Alternative forms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /xûmaːn/
Hyphenation: hu‧man
Adjective
hȕmān (definite hȕmānī , comparative humaniji , Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н )
humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)
Declension
positive indefinite forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
human
humana
humano
genitive
humana
humane
humana
dative
humanu
humanoj
humanu
accusative
inanimate animate
human humana
humanu
humano
vocative
human
humana
humano
locative
humanu
humanoj
humanu
instrumental
humanim
humanom
humanim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
humani
humane
humana
genitive
humanih
humanih
humanih
dative
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
accusative
humane
humane
humana
vocative
humani
humane
humana
locative
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
instrumental
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
positive definite forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
humani
humana
humano
genitive
humanog(a)
humane
humanog(a)
dative
humanom(u/e)
humanoj
humanom(u/e)
accusative
inanimate animate
humani humanog(a)
humanu
humano
vocative
humani
humana
humano
locative
humanom(e/u)
humanoj
humanom(e/u)
instrumental
humanim
humanom
humanim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
humani
humane
humana
genitive
humanih
humanih
humanih
dative
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
accusative
humane
humane
humana
vocative
humani
humane
humana
locative
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
instrumental
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
humanim(a)
comparative forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
humaniji
humanija
humanije
genitive
humanijeg(a)
humanije
humanijeg(a)
dative
humanijem(u)
humanijoj
humanijem(u)
accusative
inanimate animate
humaniji humanijeg(a)
humaniju
humanije
vocative
humaniji
humanija
humanije
locative
humanijem(u)
humanijoj
humanijem(u)
instrumental
humanijim
humanijom
humanijim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
humaniji
humanije
humanija
genitive
humanijih
humanijih
humanijih
dative
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
accusative
humanije
humanije
humanija
vocative
humaniji
humanije
humanija
locative
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
instrumental
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
humanijim(a)
superlative forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
najhumaniji
najhumanija
najhumanije
genitive
najhumanijeg(a)
najhumanije
najhumanijeg(a)
dative
najhumanijem(u)
najhumanijoj
najhumanijem(u)
accusative
inanimate animate
najhumaniji najhumanijeg(a)
najhumaniju
najhumanije
vocative
najhumaniji
najhumanija
najhumanije
locative
najhumanijem(u)
najhumanijoj
najhumanijem(u)
instrumental
najhumanijim
najhumanijom
najhumanijim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
najhumaniji
najhumanije
najhumanija
genitive
najhumanijih
najhumanijih
najhumanijih
dative
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
accusative
najhumanije
najhumanije
najhumanija
vocative
najhumaniji
najhumanije
najhumanija
locative
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
instrumental
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
najhumanijim(a)
Spanish
Verb
human
third-person plural present indicative of humar
Swedish
Adjective
human
humane , decent , compassionate
Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human . Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.
( of prices ) reasonable
Det var ett humant pris. That was a reasonable price.
Declension