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English
Pronunciation
Verb
mans
- third-person singular simple present indicative of man
Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?
Noun
mans
- (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse:Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.
- (obsolete) genitive of man
1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: Peter Short, page 8:But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.
1596, Thomas Lodge, A Margarite of America, London: John Busbie:The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,
Noun
mans (singular only)
- (slang) Synonym of man
Whose mans is this?
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
mans
- plural of man
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.
Adjective
mans (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)
- tame
- Synonyms: manso, mansoi, mansuet, manyac
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
mans
- plural of mà
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix (also in front of the baix in the case of a pilar) and helping to support the segon, or a casteller in the pinya positioned behind these mans
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, the vents, and the laterals
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) in a construction built without a pinya, a casteller who stands around the base with arms raised and braced to provide safety in case of a fall; the act of doing this
Further reading
Cornish
Etymology
From Old French mans from Latin mancus.
Adjective
mans
- crippled, maimed
Noun
mans m (plural mansyon)
- amputee, cripple
Mutation
Danish
Noun
mans c
- indefinite genitive singular of man
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mans
- (dated, nautical, dialect) plural of man
Faroese
Noun
mans
- genitive singular of maður
Franco-Provençal
Noun
mans
- plural of man
Galician
Noun
mans m pl
- plural of man
Gothic
Romanization
mans
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃
Ladin
Noun
mans
- plural of man
Latvian
Pronoun
mans (possessive, 1st person singular)
- my, mine
Declension
Derived terms
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian manzu, mansu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mans (feminine singular mansa, plural mansi)
- domesticated, tame
Spanish
Noun
mans m pl
- plural of man
Swedish
Noun
mans
- indefinite genitive singular of man
Volapük
Noun
mans
- nominative plural of man