# man
## Translingual
### Symbol

man
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mandingo.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Mandingo terms

## English
### Pronunciation

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* (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA: /mæn/
* (General American) IPA: /mæn/
** (US, Canada, æ-tensing) IPA: [mɛən], [meən], [mẽə̃n]
* (Jamaica) IPA: [mɑn]
* (New Zealand, parts of South Africa) IPA: [mɛn]
* (General Australian) IPA: /meːn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -æn

### Etymology 1

From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.

#### Alternative forms

* (singular): mang (dialectal rendering, suggesting a Spanish accent), mane (dialectal rendering, suggesting an AAVE accent), mans (slang), mon (slang, used in the vocative, in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England), mxn (rare, feminist)
* (plural): mans (MLE, Toronto, nonstandard, proscribed), mens, mandem (MLE), mens (nonstandard, African-American Vernacular), mxn (rare, feminist), myn (very rare, chiefly humorous)

#### Noun

man (plural men)
* An adult male human.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:man
    Coordinate terms: woman; boy, male
    The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
** 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 75:“I want you to know that I hate you, that I think you are a cur, and that I'll never, never speak to you again. Oh, I don't dare to say what I think of you, you — man!”
** 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
** (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
*** 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
** A adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
*** 1909, Harper's Weekly, volume 53, page iii:When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
*** 1913, Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life, page 46:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
** An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
*** 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “In The Enemy’s Camp”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part VI (Captain Silver), page 234:He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house […]
*** 2011, Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America, →ISBN, page 181:I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the […] children and raise them […].
** An adult male servant.
* A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
    every man for himself
** c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:[…] a man cannot make him laugh.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:17:Recompence to no man euill for euill.
** 1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 415–416:No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
** c. 1700, Joseph Addison, Monaco, Genoa, &c., page 9:A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
** 1793 August, Edmund Burke, “The Right Hon. Edmund Burke to the Comte de Mercy”, in Charles William [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam], [5th] Earl Fitzwilliam, Richard Bourke, editors, Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Between the Year 1744, and the Period of His Decease, in 1797, volume IV, London: Francis & John Rivington, […], published 1844, pages 144–145:Without this help, such a deplorable havoc is made in the minds of men (both sexes) in France, still more than in the external order of things, and the evil is so great and spreading, that a remedy is impossible on any other terms.
** 1991 edition (original: 1953), Darell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics, pages 19–20:
    Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
** (collective) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.
    Synonym: Man
*** 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
    How did God create man?
    God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
*** 1991, Barry J. Blake, Australian Aboriginal Languages: A General Introduction, page 75:Academics who study Aboriginal languages are […] contributing to Man’s search for knowledge, a search that interests most people even if they are not personally involved in it.
*** 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist‎, volume 408, number 8845:Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
*** 2021 January 20, Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb:We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.
* (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
** 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology, →ISBN, page 68:The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
* A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
** c. 1500, “A Gest of Robyn Hode”, in Child Ballads:For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
** 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:God's a good man.
** 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Expect: But was the devil a proper man, gossip? / As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
** 2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular - Inheritance Book Three, →ISBN, page 549:Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves. Two of the elves, a man and a woman, demonstrated their skill with swordplay— […]
** 2014, Oisin McGann, Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, Penguin UK, →ISBN:There was a pair of burly dwarves – a woman and a man – bearing the markings of the formidable Thane Guards.
* (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
** 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, / […]
* A husband.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:husband
** 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC:I pronounce that they are man and wife.
** 1715, Joseph Addison, The Freeholder:In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man.
* A male lover; a boyfriend.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boyfriend
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:lover
    Stay away from my man!
* Used as the last element of a compound.
** A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
    Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
** A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
    I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
* A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
** 2007, Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night, →ISBN, page 553:"She's the man for the job."
** 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season, →ISBN, page 148:Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
** 2012, The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel, →ISBN, page 34:He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man.
* (historical) A vassal; a subject.
    Like master, like man.
    all the king's men
** c. 1700s, William Blackstone:
    The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
* A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:board game piece
** 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
* (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
    Synonym: life
** 1983, William Brohaugh, “Q*Bert: A player's guide”, in Video & Arcade Games‎, volume 1, number 2, page 31:Most machines are set to award you an extra man after 8000 points, and then after each additional 14.000 points.
* A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
    Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
* A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
    Near-synonyms: my man, bro, brother
    Hey, man, how's it goin'? I haven't seen you in months! [they know each other's name]
    Hey, man, thanks for holding the door! [they don't know each other's name, and it doesn't matter]
* (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
** 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
    "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
** 2023 March 26, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:The second arrived three minutes later and was all Saka's own work, the Arsenal winger turning away from his man on the edge of the area and curling a superb effort beyond the reach of Anatoliy Trubin and into the top corner.
* (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
* Abbreviation of roentgen equivalent man.
** 1953, Notes, Medical Basic Sciences Course, 1950-1953‎, volume 2, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, page 695:The roentgen-equivalent-man (or mammal), (rem), is the estimated amount of energy absorbed in tissue which is biologically equivalent in man to 1 r of gamma- or x-rays.

##### Usage notes

* The use of man (compare Old English mann, wer, wīf) to mean both "human (of any gender)" and "adult male", which developed after Old English's distinct term for the latter (wer) fell out of use, has been criticized since at least the second half of the twentieth century. Critics claim that the use of "man", both alone and in compounds, to denote a human of any gender "is now often regarded as sexist or at best old-fashioned", "flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race". The American Heritage Dictionary wrote that in 2004 75–79% of their usage panel still accepted sentences with generic man, and 86–87% accepted sentences with man-made. Some style guides recommend against generic "man", and "although some editors and writers reject or disregard […] objections to man as a generic, many now choose instead to use" human, human being or person instead.
** This generic usage is still preserved in certain dialects, pidgins, and creoles of English, as well as fixed expressions and certain religious documents and declarations such as the Nicene Creed (e.g. "...for us men and our salvation..."). Consideration of this has sometimes led to accusations of the critics of the generic man as enforcing linguistic prescriptivism.
* See also the man

##### Derived terms

* 2 man
* 9-man
* Abraham man
* Abraham-man
* Abram-man
* Abram man
* account man
* action man
* Addyman
* ad-man
* a drowning man will clutch at a straw
* advance man
* affidavit man
* Age of Man
* ag man
* a hungry man is an angry man
* aidman
* aircraftman
* airman
* all-night-man
* all things to all men
* almsman
* alongshoreman
* a man is known by the company he keeps
* anchor man
* anchorman
* angry white man
* antiman
* apeman
* are you a man or a mouse
* Aristophanic man
* as one man
* as the man said
* as the man says
* aw man
* a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
* a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
* axeman
* aye man
* back-door man
* backman
* backwoodsman
* bad man
* Badman
* badman
* bag man
* barman
* barrow man
* baseman
* bassman
* Bateman
* bathman
* Batman
* batman
* batty man
* be a man
* beastman
* bedeman
* beggarman
* behind every great man is a great woman
* behind every great man there stands a woman
* behind every successful man there stands a woman
* bellman
* be one's own man
* best man
* be the bigger man
* big man
* big man on campus
* big man ting
* big mitt man
* bin man
* bioman
* black man
* blanketman
* blindman
* bluesman
* boardsman
* boatsman
* body man
* bogey man
* boilerman
* boldly go where no man has gone before
* Bonesman
* bookman
* bossman
* bottle man
* bottom man
* bowsman
* box man
* bridesman
* broken man
* brotherman
* bug-man
* bugman
* business man
* bust-out man
* butter-and-egg man
* button man
* cable man
* Callao Man
* candy man
* candy-man
* can man
* canoeman
* careerman
* career man
* cat man
* cat-man
* cattleman
* cavalryman
* caveman
* centreman
* chapelman
* chapman
* Chapman
* character man
* chi chi man
* Chineseman
* churchman
* cis man
* cis-man
* cisman
* cleanup man
* clothes don't make the man
* clothes maketh the man
* C-man
* coffeeman
* color man
* colour man
* common man
* commonwealthman
* commonwealthsman
* company man
* confidence man
* conjure man
* con man
* corner man
* Cotman
* counterman
* crayman
* crazy man in the bottle
* Cro-Magnon Man
* crossbowman
* cunning man
* cupboard-man
* cyberman
* da man
* dangerman
* day man
* dead man
* deadman
* dead man walking
* dead men
* dead men can tell no tales
* dead men's bells
* dead men's fingers
* dead men's shoes
* dead men tell no tales
* death-of-man
* decoyman
* delivery man
* deliveryman
* deman
* demesman
* demiman
* derrickman
* deskman
* dinner man
* dirty old man
* Discman
* disman
* d-man
* dodman
* dog man
* dollar-a-year man
* doomsman
* dope man
* Dragon man
* dragon man
* drayman
* dunny man
* duty man
* duty-man
* Earthman
* earthsman
* eighth-man
* eighthman
* eighth man
* emergency man
* Essex man
* every man for himself
* every man for hisself
* every man has a price
* every man has his price
* every man is the architect of his own fortune
* every man jack
* every man Jack
* faceless man
* face man
* fall of man
* family man
* fancy man
* fellow man
* Fennoman
* fetish-man
* fieldman
* fieldsman
* fireman
* fisherman
* Florida Man
* foeman
* fogman
* footman
* footplate man
* foreman
* frat man
* fraudsman
* freedman
* Freedman
* Freeman
* fremman
* freshman
* frogman
* frontiersman
* front man
* frontman
* funny man
* gadsman
* garbage man
* gasman
* gay man
* gentleman
* getaway man
* gingerbread man
* girly man
* give a man a fish
* give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
* given man
* Gladman
* gleeman
* G-man
* G-men
* God's gift to men
* goodman
* good man
* government man
* gownman
* gownsman
* grand old man
* gray man
* great man theory
* green man
* groomsman
* ground man
* ground-man
* Guineaman
* handman
* hard man
* hardman
* hatcheryman
* hatchet man
* headman
* head man
* heavy man
* Heidelberg man
* hellman
* helmsman
* he-man
* he man
* herbivore man
* herdman
* Hesseman
* highman
* highwayman
* hillman
* hit man
* hitman
* hodman
* holy man
* homer man
* Homer man
* hoodman
* hoo man
* horseman
* husman
* hype man
* hypeman
* infantryman
* inner man
* inside man
* iron man
* ironman
* it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
* it's a man's world
* Javaman
* Java man
* Jewman
* jujuman
* junkman
* kempery-man
* kept man
* keyman
* key man insurance
* key man risk
* kidsman
* king's man
* kingsman
* kit man
* Klansman
* know someone from the man in the moon
* know someone from the man on the moon
* kurdaitcha man
* ladies man
* ladies' man
* lady's man
* last man standing
* layman
* leaderman
* leading man
* leadsman
* leatherman
* ledës-man
* leg man
* leman
* lemman
* leopard man
* liensman
* lifeboatsman
* like a man
* like a man possessed
* like the man said
* like the man says
* Limerickman
* little blue man
* little green man
* little man
* little man in the boat
* lizardman
* lizard man
* locoman
* lodesman
* lollipop man
* longbowman
* Long Man
* lookie lookie man
* lookout man
* loresman
* loverman
* lover man
* lover-man
* macho man
* made man
* mad man
* magsman
* mailman
* main man
* make the bald man cry
* -man
* manable
* man-about-town
* man about town
* man alive
* man among men
* man and boy
* man and wife
* man ape
* manarchist
* man-arm
* man-at-arms
* manbaby
* man-bag
* man bag
* man basket
* man-bird
* manbitch
* man bites dog
* manboob
* man-boob
* man boob
* man-bot
* manbot
* manbote
* man-boy
* manboy
* man-bulge
* manbulge
* man bulge
* man-bun
* man bun
* man camp
* mancart
* man-cart
* man catcher
* mancation
* man cave
* mancession
* manchild
* man-child
* man child
* man crush
* mancubine
* man cunt
* man date
* mandate
* man day
* man-day
* man down
* man-eater
* maneating
* man-eating
* maneen
* manel
* man engine
* maness
* manface
* man fern
* manfiction
* man-flu
* man flu
* man Friday
* manfriend
* man from Porlock
* manful
* mangagement ring
* mangenue
* mangina
* man goo
* manhair
* manhandle
* man-handle
* manhater
* manhating
* manhaul
* man ho
* manhole
* manhood
* manhour
* man-hour
* manhug
* man hug
* manhunt
* manhunter
* manhunting
* manify
* Manillaman
* manimal
* manime
* manimony
* man in black
* man in motion
* man-in-the-browser
* man in the middle
* man-in-the-middle attack
* man in the mirror
* man in the moon
* man in the street
* man in white
* man is a wolf to man
* man is the measure of all things
* man it out
* manizer
* Man Jose
* man juice
* mankiller
* man-killer
* mankin
* Mankind
* mankind
* mankini
* manless
* manlet
* manlift
* man lift
* manling
* manlock
* man look
* manlover
* manly
* man-machine
* man-made
* manmade
* man-made fiber
* man magnet
* man management
* man-mark
* man-marker
* man-marking
* man-meat
* man-midwife
* man milk
* man-milk
* man mode
* manmode
* man-month
* man-mountain
* mannequin
* manners maketh man
* manness
* mannie
* mannish
* manniversary
* manny
* man of action
* man of few words
* man of God
* man of Kent
* man of law
* man of letters
* man of means
* man of parts
* man of science
* man of sin
* man of straw
* man of the cloth
* man-of-the-earth
* man of the frock
* man of the hour
* man of the match
* man of the moment
* man of the people
* man of the world
* man of war
* man-of-war
* man-of-war bird
* man on
* man on the Bondi tram
* man on the Clapham omnibus
* man on the moon
* man on the Shau Kei Wan tram
* man on the street
* manopause
* man orchid
* manorexia
* manorexic
* man overboard
* man o' war
* man-o'-war
* man-o'-war suit
* manpack
* manpacked
* man page
* man-pain
* manpain
* man panties
* manpanzee
* manparts
* man plans and God laughs
* man-portable
* manpower
* manpowered
* man-powered
* manpris
* manpurse
* man-pussy
* man pussy
* manqueller
* manquelling
* man-rate
* manred
* manroot
* manrope
* man-scape
* manscape
* man-scaper
* man-scaping
* manscara
* manservant
* mansformation
* manshake
* man shall not live by bread alone
* manshift
* manship
* man-shy
* mansicle
* man-size
* man-sized
* manslag
* manslaught
* manslaughter
* manslaughterer
* manslaughtering
* manslayer
* manslaying
* manslut
* man's man
* mansome
* manspeak
* mansplain
* mansplaining
* manspreading
* manssiere
* man-stealer
* manstealer
* manstealing
* manstopper
* manstopping
* manstress
* man-tailored
* man talk
* mantastic
* manterrupt
* manterruption
* man the fort
* manther
* manthing
* manties
* man-tiger
* mantique
* mantit
* man tit
* man titty
* man-to-man
* man-to-man defense
* mantracking
* man-trap
* mantrap
* man trap
* mantrum
* mantuary
* mantyhose
* man versus time
* manward
* manwards
* manway
* man whore
* manwhore
* man-whore
* Manwich
* manwise
* man-witch
* man with no name
* man with the ax
* man-wolf
* man-woman
* man-year
* manzilian
* marksman
* Marlboro man
* Marlboro Man
* marshman
* masked man fallacy
* masman
* mass man
* Matthewman
* meatman
* medallion man
* medicine man
* megaman
* meggings
* men in blue ties
* men in white coats
* men's room
* men's studies
* men-stealer
* men ☕
* merm
* merman
* mermin
* merry men
* middleman
* middle man
* midsummer men
* minute man
* minute-man
* mirdle
* missing man formation
* Mister Man, mister man
* mizen-top man
* mizzen-top man
* mizzentopman
* mobsman
* mod man
* moneyman
* money man
* monkey man
* moob
* Moonman
* moon-man
* moonman
* Mothman
* mountain man
* multiman
* munt
* murse
* muscle man
* muscleman
* my man
* naked man orchid
* Neanderthal man
* nearly man
* needleman
* Nepman
* netherman
* new man
* Newman
* niggerman
* night man
* night-man
* night soil man
* nine men's morris
* nobleman
* no man
* no-man
* no man is an island
* No Man's Heath
* no man's land
* No Man's Land
* nonman
* north countryman
* Northman
* nurseryman
* odd man
* odd man out
* odd man wins
* oh man
* old man
* old-man
* old man of the woods
* old man yells at cloud
* once a man, twice a child
* one-dollar man
* one-man
* one man and a dog
* one man and his dog
* one-man army
* one man band
* one-man band
* one-minute man
* one minute man
* orange man bad
* organisation man
* organization man
* other man
* outside man
* overman
* paceman
* pan man
* pants man
* panty man
* party man
* Peanut Man
* Peking man
* peterman
* pitchman
* pivot man
* pivotman
* pizza-man
* pizza man
* plainclothes man
* play the ball and not the man
* play the ball not the man
* play the man
* play the man and not the ball
* play the man not the ball
* play the white man
* plough-man
* ploughman
* plowman
* point man
* pointsman
* police man
* policeman
* pollman
* poor man of mutton
* Portman
* portman
* Portuguese man-of-war
* pot man
* pressman
* privateersman
* property man
* prudent man rule
* puppetman
* questman
* rag-and-bone man
* ragman
* railwayman
* rain man
* Randal's man
* rastaman
* Rastaman
* real men don't eat quiche
* recycle man
* Red Army man
* redman
* red man
* red man syndrome
* remainder-man
* reman
* re-man
* remittance man
* Renaissance man
* repo man
* rescueman
* resurrection man
* resurrection-man
* rewrite man
* Rhodesian man
* rich man
* right-hand man
* right man
* ring-man
* rodsman
* rule of man
* rulleyman
* running man
* sack man
* safari man
* Sallee-man
* sandwich-man
* sandwich man
* sawman
* scampsman
* scienceman
* screwman
* seal-man
* seaman
* second man
* second-storey man
* second-story man
* sectionman
* see a man
* see a man about a dog
* see a man about a horse
* separate the men from the boys
* setup man
* sexyman
* she man
* shieldsman
* ship-man
* short man syndrome
* sick man
* sick man of Asia
* sick man of East Asia
* sick man of Europe
* sideman
* sightsman
* signalman
* silkman
* six-man football
* sixth man
* skillman
* skyman
* Sloman
* Smallman
* small man syndrome
* snakeman
* snowman
* Solo Man
* song man
* songman
* spade-man
* spade man
* Spearman
* spiderman
* spirit man
* spirit-man
* spoilsman
* squaw man
* steely-eyed missile man
* sternsman
* stick it to the man
* stick man
* stiff man syndrome
* stone man syndrome
* straight man
* straw man
* strawman
* strong man
* stunt man
* subman
* superfluous man
* superman
* Superman
* swagman
* swineman
* swingman
* swordsman
* tall man
* tally-man
* target man
* taximan
* taxman
* tax man
* tenderman
* the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray
* the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry
* the man
* the measure of a man
* third man
* three-bottle man
* three wise men
* tide nor time tarrieth no man
* time and tide stay for no man
* time and tide tarry for no man
* time and tide wait for no man
* Tin Man
* tinman
* tin man
* tithing-man
* titman
* T-man
* to a man
* Tom of Bedlam's man
* topsman
* to the last man
* towerman
* townman
* townsman
* trans-man
* trans man
* transman
* trashman
* tree man disease
* tree man syndrome
* trencher-man
* trigger man
* triggerman
* tripeman
* trotter-man
* truckman
* Tumblr sexyman
* twelfth man
* twelve good men and true
* two bald men fighting over a comb
* two-man saw
* two men and a dog
* ugly man
* underman
* union man
* unman
* upright man
* utility man
* utilityman
* VATman
* vigilance man
* Walkman
* wardsman
* Waterman
* waterman
* Wealdsman
* wealsman
* weed man
* wereman
* Westman
* wheel-barrow man
* wheelsman
* whimsey man
* whipsman
* white man
* white van man
* whoreman
* wicker man
* widow's man
* wild man
* wild-man
* wild man syndrome
* Wileman
* wiseman
* wise man
* witchman
* wo/man
* wolfman
* woman
* wombman
* world's fastest man
* yardsman
* yearsman
* yeggman
* yellow man
* yer man
* yes man
* yesman
* yes-man
* you can't keep a good man down
* you man
* young man
* your man
* youthman

##### Descendants

* Tok Pisin: man
* → Cantonese: man
* → Chinook Jargon: man
* → Korean: 맨 (maen)
* → Mandarin: man (mān)
* → Spanish: man
* → Thai: แมน (mɛɛn)
* → Volapük: man

##### Translations
#### Adjective

man (not comparable)
* Only used in man enough

#### Interjection

man
* Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
    Alternative form: maaan (elongated)
    Man, that was a great catch!
** 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎:The 19 meandering minutes of Dark Star are attractive enough but, man, they go on, while poor Creedence Clearwater Revival – headliners, with Bad Moon Rising still in the charts – are watching the clock tick in the wings.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.

##### Translations
#### Pronoun

man
* (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
    Man's got some new creps.
** 2011, Top Boy:[Sully:] If it weren’t for that snake […] Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
** 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎, volume 17, number 5, page 609:before I got arrested man paid for my own ticket to go Jamaica you know . but I’ve never paid to go on no holiday before this time I paid (Dexter, MLE)
** 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”‎performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:The girl told me, "take off your jacket" / I said, "Babe, man's not hot" (never hot)
** 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken.
* (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) You; construed in the third person.
    Man thinks I was born yesterday.
** 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
* (MLE, slang, indefinite personal pronoun) Any person, one
    Man don't care.
** c. 1450, Thomas Chestre, Libeaus Desconus:He was of all colours Þat man may se of flours Be-twene Mydsomer and May.
** 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎, volume 17, number 5, page 609:I don’t really mind how . how my girl looks if she looks decent yeah and there’s one bit of her face that just looks mashed yeah . I don’t care it’s her personality man’s looking at (Alex, MLE corpus [MLE])

##### Usage notes

* The usage of man as a pronoun originally died out in the 15th century. It has independently reappeared in MLE. There it is most commonly used as a first person pronoun or as an indefinite personal pronoun, but uses in the second and third person are also attested.

##### Derived terms

* manna

### Etymology 2

From Middle English mannen, from Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”).
* Dutch bemannen (“to man”)
* German bemannen (“to man”)
* Danish bemande (“to man”)
* Swedish bemanna (“to man”)
* Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, to man”)

#### Verb

man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)
* (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
    The ship was manned with a small crew.
** 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39:In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive.
* (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
    Man the machine guns!
** 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:‘Avast!’ roared Ahab, dashing him against the bulwarks — ‘Man the boat! Which way heading?’
* (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
** 1876, Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies:he manned himself heroically
* (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
* (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

##### Derived terms

* beman
* overman

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Clipping of manual.

#### Proper noun

man
* (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

##### Derived terms

* man page, manpage

### References

* 1 2 Jenny Cheshire (2013) “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎, volume 17, number 5, pages 608–633
* 1 2 “man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* 1 2 “man”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* ↑ “man”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

### Further reading

* man (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* "man" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 188.
* Man in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
* “New definitions for "man" and "woman"” by Victor Mair in Language Log (2022-11-13)

### Anagrams

* MNA, N. Am., 'Nam, mna, AMN, Nam, NAM, 'nam, NMA

## Abinomn
### Noun

man
* moon

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch man, from Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

man (plural mans or manne, diminutive mannetjie)
* man
* husband

#### Usage notes

* The normal plural in contemporary Afrikaans is mans. The form manne now usually refers to the members of a male group, such as a group of friends or a team or unit. Compare:
       Vroue en mans moet gelyke regte hê. ― Women and men must have equal rights.
       Die manne het goed gespeel vandag. ― The men played well today.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* Tosk: mën
* Gheg: mand, mandë

### Etymology

Syncopated form of Gheg mand, from Proto-Albanian *manta. Compare Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”), said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort, and μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) (Dacian loan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/

### Noun

man m (plural mana, definite mani, definite plural manat)
* mulberry, mulberry tree

#### Hyponyms

* man i bardhë (“white mulberry”) (Morus alba)
* man i kuq (“red mulberry”) (Morus rubra)
* man i zi (“black mulberry”) (Morus nigra)
* man toke (“wild strawberry”) (Fragaria vesca)

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Akin to Spanish mano, from Latin manus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: man

### Noun

man f (plural mans)
* hand

## Arigidi
### Pronoun

man
* I, first person singular pronoun, as subject

### References

* B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)\
* Boluwaji Oshodi (2011 December) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN

## Bagirmi
### Noun

man
* water

### References

* R. C. Stevenson, Bagirmi Grammar (1969)

## Baltic Romani
### Pronoun

man
* (Litovska) accusative/independent oblique of mē
** 2011, Vida Beinortienė, Romų kalba [Roma Language]‎ (overall work in Lithuanian), Panevėžio Vaikų Dienos Užimtumo Centras [Panevėžys Children's Day Care Center], →ISBN, posakiai [expressions], page 64:Pačemudē manKiss me
* (Litovska) enclitic reflexive of mē
** 2005, Anton Tenser, Lithuanian Romani, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, →OCLC, 2.7.3 Reflexives and clitics, page 18:Me garavou manI hide myself

#### Declension

* ↑ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

## Bariai
### Noun

man
* bird

### References

* Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

## Bau Bidayuh
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Cognate with Malay makan.

### Pronunciation

/man/

### Noun

man
* to eat
    man tubi' ― eat rice

### Further reading

* Bidayuh Bau - Borneo Dictionary

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/ [ˈman̪]

### Adverb

man (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)
* also
    Synonym: pati

### Particle

man (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)
* used to abate or soften the impacts of negatives and commands
    Dai man iyan ― It's nothing.

## Bonggo
### Noun

man
* bird

### References

* George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

## Caló
### Pronoun

man
* Contraction of mangue (“I, me”).

### References

* “man” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 60.
* “man” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
* “man” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man. Compare Tagalog man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/ [ˈman̪]

### Particle

man (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)
* gives information; could be omitted
    (Person 1): Hain man si Pedro? (Person 2): Tua man 'to siya sa Carcar(Person 1): Where is Pedro? (Person 2): He is/was there in Carcar
* contradicts a previous statement or presumption; usually with the particle ugod/gud
    (Person 1): Hain man si Pedro? (Person 2): Tua siya sa Carcar (Person 3 responding to person 2): Tua man gud siya sa Cebu(Person 1): Where is Pedro? (Person 2): He is in Carcar (Person 3): No, he's in Cebu
* makes a question not abrupt
    Hain man si Pedro?Where is Pedro? Could you tell me where Pedro is?

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* MAN

### Etymology

Borrowed from English man.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mān, mê̄n
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢ, ㄇㄝㄋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): men$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mān
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: man
*** Wade–Giles: man$^1$
*** Yale: mān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhan
*** Palladius: мань (manʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /män⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mê̄n
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄝㄋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mên
*** Wade–Giles: mehn$^1$
*** Yale: mēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhèn
*** Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: men$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: men$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛːn⁵⁵/

### Adjective

man
* (informal) manly; masculine
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.

#### See also

* gentleman

## Chinook Jargon
### Etymology

Borrowed from English man.

### Noun

man
* man

#### Synonyms

* siwash

#### Antonyms

* klootchman

### Adjective

man
* male

#### Antonyms

* klootchman

## Chuukese
### Noun

man
* Alternative spelling of maan

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* mann, månn

### Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

man m (Tredici Comuni)
* man
* husband

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Czech
### Etymology

From Old Czech man, from Middle High German and Old High German man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈman]
* Hyphenation: man

### Noun

man m anim (female equivalent manka)
* (historical) vassal, feoffee
    Synonyms: vazal, leník

#### Derived terms

* manský
* manství

### Further reading

* “man”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “man”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːˀn/, [mæˀn]

#### Noun

man c (singular definite manen, plural indefinite maner)
* (rare, used primarily by horse specialists) mane (longer hair growth on the back of the neck of a horse)
    Synonym: manke

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

The same word as the noun mand (“man”). Calque of German man.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/, [man]

#### Pronoun

man (accusative en or én, possessive ens or éns)
* you, one, they, people (a general, unspecified person)
    Kan man spise dem?
       Can one eat them? (i.e., Are they edible?)
    Man siger, at huset er hjemsøgt.
       They say the house is haunted.
* I (used modestly instead of the first-person pronoun)
* you (used derogatorily instead of the second-person pronoun)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːˀn/, [ˈmæˀn]

#### Verb

man
* imperative of mane

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: man
* Rhymes: -ɑn

### Noun

man m (plural mannen or man or mans, diminutive mannetje n or manneke n or manneken n)
* man, human male, either adult or age-irrespective
    De man liep rustig door het park. ― The man walked calmly through the park.
    De jonge mannen speelden voetbal op het veld. ― The young men were playing soccer on the field.
    De oudere man glimlachte vriendelijk naar de kinderen. ― The older man smiled kindly at the children.
* husband, male spouse
    Ze is al jaren gelukkig getrouwd met haar man. ― She has been happily married to her husband for years.
    Hij is een zorgzame man en een geweldige vader. ― He is a caring husband and a great father.
    Haar man verraste haar met een romantisch diner. ― Her husband surprised her with a romantic dinner.

#### Usage notes

* The normal plural is mannen. The unchanged form man is used after numerals only; it refers to the size of a group rather than a number of individuals. For example: In totaal verloren er 5000 man hun leven in die slag. (“5000 men altogether lost their lives in that battle.”) The plural mans is dated, now mostly occurring in nautical contexts or in dialect.
* Compound words with -man as their last component often take -lieden or -lui in the plural, rather than -mannen. For example: brandweerman (“firefighter”) → brandweerlieden (alongside brandweerlui and brandweermannen).
* Various alternative diminutives exist, including manneke (used especially in Flanders) and the dialectal mannechie / mennechie.

#### Derived terms

* alleman
* andermans
* belleman
* bemannen
* bemanning
* billenman
* borstenman
* Bosjesman
* doveman
* drieman
* edelman
* geen man overboord
* grietman
* hoofdman
* iemand
* kiesman
* koopman
* landsman
* leenman
* man van de wereld
* mandag
* mangat
* manhaftig
* mankracht
* manlief
* mannelijk
* mannengriep
* mannetje
* manschap
* manuur
* manwijf
* meerman
* melkman
* niemand
* ontmannen
* overmannen
* raadsman
* speelman
* tienman
* tietenman
* topman
* vakman
* voorman
* weerman
* wereldman
* zeeman

#### Related terms

* men

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: man
* Jersey Dutch: mān
* Negerhollands: man
** → Virgin Islands Creole: mani (dated)
* → Caribbean Javanese: mang

### Interjection

man
* Indicates that something is larger/stronger/... than usual.
    Man, is me dat schrikken.Man, that was quite some scare.

#### Coordinate terms

* tjonge

### Anagrams

* nam

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: man

### Noun

man f (plural mans or más)
* hand

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Faroese
### Verb

man
* first/third-person singular present of munna
    I, he, she, it will / may

#### Derived terms

* tað man vera (so) - this may be (so)
* tað man óivað vera beinari - this will doubtless be more correct

### Pronoun

man
* (colloquial) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)

#### Synonyms

* (standard): mann

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin manus.

### Noun

man f (plural mans) (ORB, broad)
* hand

### References

* main in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* man in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Etymology

Blend of mon +‎ ma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Determiner

man n (singular, plural mes)
* (gender-neutral, neologism) my
    Man colocataire a fait son coming out non-binaire.My roommate came out as non-binary.

#### See also

* iel
* tan
* san

### Further reading

* “man”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

man m (plural mans)
* hand

## Gaikundi
### Noun

man
* foot

### Further reading

* Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* mão (reintegrationist spelling, lusista)
* mam (reintegrationist spelling)
* mao (central and eastern Galicia)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus. Cognate with Portuguese mão and Spanish mano.

### Noun

man f (plural mans)
* hand
* (figurative) ownership; protection; power; grasp

#### Usage notes

* Man is a false friend, and does not mean man. The Galician word for man is home.

#### Derived terms

* á man dereita
* á man esquerda
* mada
* manchea
* moca

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mão”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “man”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “man”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “man”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Homophone: Mann

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”).

#### Pronoun

man
* one, you, they (indefinite pronoun, referring to people at large; construed as a third-person singular)
    Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.You can’t always get what you want.
    Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen.Sometimes one must compromise.
    Zumindest sagt man das so...At least that’s what they say...
** 2008, Frank Behmeta, Wenn ich die Augen öffne, page 55:Kann man es fühlen, wenn man schwanger ist?Can one feel that one is pregnant?

##### Usage notes

* Man is used in the nominative case only; for the oblique cases forms of the pronoun einer are used. For example: Man kann nicht immer tun, was einen glücklich macht. — One cannot always do what makes one happy.
* Since man derives from the same source as Mann (“man; male”), its use is considered problematic by some feminists. They have proposed alternating man and the feminine neologism frau, or using the generic neologism mensch. This usage has gained some currency in feminist and left-wing publications, but remains rare otherwise.
* In the sense of “someone,” man is often translated using the passive voice (“I was told that...” rather than “someone told me that...”).

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).

#### Adverb

man
* (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) just; only
    Komm man hier rüber!Just come over here!
    Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so.These are only thirty or so.

### Further reading

* “man” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “man (jemand, irgendeiner, irgendeine)” in Duden online
* “man (adverb)” in Duden online

## German Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).

### Conjunction

man
* (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) only; but

#### Synonyms

* (in various dialects) avers, awer (and many variations thereof; for which, see those entries)
* (in some dialects) bloots

## Gothic
### Romanization

man
* Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽

## Icelandic

* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/, [maːn]
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse man, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (with unstressed prefix *ga-).

#### Noun

man n (genitive singular mans, nominative plural mön)
* (obsolete, uncountable, collective) slaves
* (archaic, countable) female slave
    Synonym: ambátt
* (archaic or poetic, countable) maiden

##### Derived terms

* mansal
* mansmaður

### Etymology 2

From mana (“to dare [someone] [to do something]”).

#### Noun

man n (genitive singular mans, no plural)
* the act of daring someone to do something; provocation, dare

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Appears in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation. Borrowed from German Man (in Luther’s 1534 German Bible), from Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”).

#### Noun

man n (indeclinable)
* (biblical, obsolete) manna
    Synonym: manna
** 1584, “Exodus. Aunnur Bok Moſe”, in Guðbrandur Þorláksson, transl., Biblia, Þad Er Øll Heiloͤg Ritning vtloͤgd a Norrænu‎, Hólar: Jón Jónsson, chapter 16, verse 33, page 76:Og Moſes ſegde til Aaron / Tak þier eina Føtu / og legg eirn Gomor fullan af Man þar i / og lꜳt þad vardueitaſt fyrer DROTTNI til ydar ep[t]erkomande Kynkuijſla(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

man
* first-person singular present indicative of muna; I remember
    Ég man ekki.I don't remember.
* third-person singular present indicative of muna; he/she/it remembers
    Hann man hvað gerðist.He remembers what happened.

### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “man”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

man m
* hand

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/

### Noun

man (plural man dem, quantified man)
* man (adult male human)
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 11:11:Dat no miin se man kyan du widout uman ar uman widout man, kaaz Gad neva mek dem fi du widout dem wan aneda.So then, I have to insist that in the Lord, neither is woman inferior to man nor is man inferior to woman.
* a fellow, friend, person (of any gender)
** 2002, Frederic Cassidy Gomes, Dictionary of Jamaican English‎:"No-no, not a man a get this pretty one.""No no, nobody is going to have this pretty one."

### Adjective

man
* male
    man daag, uman daagmale dog, female dog

### Coordinate terms

* uman

### See also

* mon

### Further reading

* man at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

man
* Rōmaji transcription of まん
* Rōmaji transcription of マン

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/ [ˈmän]

### Adverb

man
* although; even if; even though
    Synonyms: mo, agyang pa
* also; too
    Synonyms: din, pati
* only; even
    Synonyms: mu, mo
* if; when
    Synonyms: nung, patie, istung, anyang
    Mipakananuman. ― No matter what happens.
    Yakuman. ― Me as well.
    Apagpilian taman. ― If only I have a choice.

#### Derived terms

* kaninuman
* kapilanman
* nanuman
* ninuman
* nokarinman
* paman
* sanuman

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

man f (plural mans)
* (Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian) hand
    Auzé la man ciancia.To lift the left hand.
    L ie na lëtra scrita a man.It's a letter written by hand.
    Dé na manTo give a hand (to help)

## Latvian
### Pronoun

man
* to me; dative singular of es

## Ligurian
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maŋ]

### Noun

man f (plural moæn)
* hand

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [man]

### Pronoun

mán
* first-person singular dative of aš
    Dúok mán tą̃ knỹgą.Give me that book.

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* ma, mà (Eastern orthographies)

### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːn/, [maːŋ] (Western)
* IPA: /maː/, [ma(ː)] (Eastern)

### Noun

man f (plural man)
* hand

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːn/

### Verb

man (third-person singular present meet, past participle gemat or gemeet, auxiliary verb hunn)
* (regional, southern dialects) Alternative form of maachen

## Mandarin
### Romanization

man
* Nonstandard spelling of mān.
* Nonstandard spelling of mán.
* Nonstandard spelling of mǎn.
* Nonstandard spelling of màn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

man m
* human
* person
* man, male
* husband
* subordinate

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

- general:
* manachtich
* manatich
* manbaer
* manboete
* manbrief
* manbrugge
* mancamer
* mancosten
* mandeel
* mandelijc
* mandelike
* mandiet
* maneet
* manesse
* mangedinge
* mangelt
* manheit
* manhovet
* manhuus
* manleen
* manlijc
* manlike
* mannenclooster
* manordeel
* manpat
* manpersone
* mansc
* manscap
* manscracht
* mansgeboorte
* mansgelient
* manshalven
* manslacht
* manslijf
* mansoene
* mansoor
* mansstat
* mansstoel
* manssurcoot
* manswerde
* mantale
* mantrouwe
* manvolc
* manwaerheit
- persons:
* ackerman
* ambachtsman
* amman
* amtman
* arman
* beierman
* beleitsman
* belleman
* besetman
* blindeman
* boomgaertman
* borchman
* bouman
* bovenman
* buurman
* clockenman
* cloosterman
* cokenman
* condsman
* coolman
* coopman
* cornman
* dadingesman
* deelman
* dienstman
* dorpman
* druutsman
* edelman
* eigenman
* gelagesman
* geleitsman
* gemeentman
* goetman
* grietman
* hancman
* hantwercman
* hartman
* heidman
* hofman
* houtman
* hovetman
* humpelman
* huurman
* huusman
* huwelijxman
* iserman
* joncman
* keersman
* kercman
* kerstijnman
* lantman
* lasersman
* ledichman
* leecman
* leenman
* leitsman
* lijcman
* lochtincman
* loosman
* lootsman
* maecsman
* maelman
* manbode
* manboort
* mansman
* mansname
* manwijf
* mateman
* medeman
* meesterman
* merseman
* metselman
* meyerman
* molenman
* moorman
* muurman
* naerman
* naman
* norman
* offerman
* operman
* orlogesman
* ouderman
* outman
* overman
* pachtman
* panneman
* parreman
* partiësman
* pensman
* ploechman
* raetman
* ridderman
* rijcman
* sacman
* schaecman
* schimman
* schipman
* schotman
* schuteman
* seeman
* segsman
* sledeman
* soutman
* speelman
* stalman
* statman
* sterfman
* stuerman
* susterman
* swertman
* taelman
* talicman
* teelman
* tijnsman
* timmerman
* tolman
* torfman
* tugesman
* turcman
* uteman
* vaerman
* vedelman
* veenman
* veerman
* veilichsman
* velleman
* veltman
* vindman
* voerman
* voetman
* vogelman
* vogetman
* voreman
* vrachtman
* vrecman
* vremtman
* vroetman
* waerman
* waernsman
* waerstman
* wagenman
* wantcoopman
* warmoesman
* wechman
* wederman
* wedman
* weduwenman
* weetman
* wercman
* wertman
* wijngaertman
* wijnman
* wijsman
* wildeman
* wouterman

#### Descendants

* Dutch: man
* Limburgish: man
* Zealandic: man

#### Further reading

* “man”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “man (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

#### Alternative forms

* manne, mæn, mon, monne

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/, (mostly West Midlands) /mɔn/

#### Noun

man (plural men)
* man (male human)
    Synonyms: gome, wer
* human, person
    Synonym: persoun
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, James 1:12, page 109v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:bleſſid is þe man þat ſuffriþ temptacioun / foꝛ whanne he ſchal be pꝛeued .· he ſchal reſſeyue þe coꝛoun of lijf · which god bihiȝte to men þat louen hymA person who endures temptation is blessed, because when they've been tested, they'll receive the crown of life that God promised to the people who love him.

##### Related terms

* bedeman
* chapman
* foman
* fotman
* frendman
* henxman
* herdeman
* hirdman
* hire man
* horsman
* jorneman
* lege man
* lemman
* lewed man
* loresman
* manful
* manly
* manquellere
* manrede
* myster man
* schereman
* schipman
* seeman
* tylman
* womman
* yoman

##### Descendants

* English: man, -man (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: man
* Yola: man

### Etymology 2

From Old English man, reduced form of mann; see Etymology 1 above.

#### Alternative forms

* ma, mane, manne, mæn, men, mon, monne

#### Pronoun

man
* Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you (indefinite).

##### Derived terms

* me
* noman
* animan

##### See also

* me
* ei

##### References

* “man, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
* “men, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

man
* (Late Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈman/

### Noun

man m (genitive mannes or man, plural manne or man)
* man

#### Usage notes

* This word is either declined like tac or remains uninflected throughout.

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma'
    Swabian: Ma, Mâ, Mô, Mâo, Mâu
* Bavarian: mon, mònn, moon, ma'
    Cimbrian: man, mann, månn
    Mòcheno: mònn
* Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Mann
* East Central German:
    Silesian East Central German: Moan
* German: Mann, man
* Luxembourgish: Mann
* Transylvanian Saxon: Mouen, Mäun
* Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Mann
* Yiddish: מאַן (man)

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “man”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Miskito
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/

### Pronoun

man
* (in the singular) you

#### See also
## Norman
### Alternative forms

* main (Jersey)
* môin (Guernsey)

### Etymology 1

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”).

#### Noun

man f (plural mans)
* (France, anatomy) hand

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

man (feminine ma)
* my (belonging to me)

##### Coordinate terms

* tan (“your”)
* san (“hers, his, its”)

## North Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

### Determiner

man (feminine and neuter min, plural min) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
* my (first-person singular possessive determiner)

### Pronoun

man (feminine and neuter min, plural (Föhr-Amrum) minen or (Mooring) min) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
* mine (first-person singular possessive pronoun)

### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
* The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.
The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.
* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From earlier *mandin, which is preserved in the present stem mîn-; akin to Central Kurdish مان (man), Southern Kurdish مەندن (menin), Zazaki menden, Gurani مەندەی (meney), Talysh mande, Persian ماندن. The form shift from -and- to -a- is after when -and- standardized as the past stem final of transitive verbs, but has been preserved in mandî (“tired”).

### Verb

man
* to stay
* to remain
* to live, to not perish

## Northern Sami
### Pronoun

man
* accusative/genitive singular of mii

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑn/
* Homophone: mann
* Rhymes: -ɑn

#### Pronoun

man
* you
* one
* they
* people

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

#### Noun

man f or m (definite singular mana or manen, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
* a mane (of a horse)

### References

* “man” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “man” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

### Noun

man f (definite singular mana, indefinite plural maner, definite plural manene)
* mane (of a horse)

### References

* “man” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan man, from Latin manus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

man f (plural mans)
* hand

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

man m
* human, person
* man, male

#### Derived terms

* ambahtman
* hōvitman
* kuriman
* kōpman
* *manahēt
* manawerk
* manlīk
* mertsiman
* mālman
* northman
* seliman
* skaraman
* spilman
* thienestman
* werkman

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: man
** Dutch: man
** Limburgish: man
** Zealandic: man

#### Further reading

* “man (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* mann

### Etymology 1

From mann.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔn/

#### Pronoun

man
* one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
** c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read"
    Man sċeal lǣwedum mannum seċġan be heora andġietes mǣðe, swā þæt hīe ne bēon þurh þā dēopnesse ǣmōde ne þurh þā langsumnesse ǣþrȳtte.One has to talk to laymen according to how much they understand, so they are not intimidated by the depth of what one is saying or bored by the length.
** c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael"
    Sē hrōf ēac swelċe hæfde mislīċe hēanesse: on sumre stōwe hine man meahte mid hēafde ġerǣċan, on sumre mid handa earfoþlīċe.The height of the roof was also uneven: you could touch one part of it with the top of your head, and barely reach another part with your hand.
** c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
    Hēr man mæġ ġīet ġesēon heora swaðu, ac wē him ne cunnon æfter spyrian.Here you can still see their footprints, but we don't know how to follow them.
* they, people (people in general)
* someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
** c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum‎:Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.
* they (some unspecified group of people)
** The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
    Saga mē, hū lange worhte man Noes earce?Tell me, how long were they making Noe's ark?
* often used where modern English would use the passive voice
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
    Hine man sċeal lǣdan tō þām lǣċe.He should be taken to the doctor.
** Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "On the Beginning of Creation"
    Þā sē Hǣlend ċild wæs, eall hine man fēdde swā man ōðru ċildru fētt. Hē læġ on cradole bewunden, ealswā ōðru ċildru dōþ. Hine man bær oþ hē self gān meahte.When Jesus was a baby, he was fed just like other babies are fed. He lay wrapped up in a cradle, just like other babies do. He was carried until he could walk by himself.
* it
** c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
    Man ġeseah swelċe sē heofon burne.It looked like the sky was on fire.
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    Man ġeseah swelċe ān fȳren hring norðan cōme.It looked like a ring of fire was coming from the north.
** c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum‎:Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.

##### Descendants

* Middle English: man, me

### Etymology 2

See mann.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔnn/, [mɔn]

#### Noun

man m
* Alternative form of mann

##### Declension

Strong consonant stem:

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔːn/

#### Noun

mān n
* crime, sin, wickedness

##### Derived terms

* mānful
* mānswerian

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

man m
* man

#### Related terms

* manslago
* manslaht

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: man
** Alemannic German: ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo, ma'
    Swabian: Ma, Mâ, Mô, Mâo, Mâu
** Bavarian: mon, mònn, moon, ma'
    Cimbrian: man, mann, månn
    Mòcheno: mònn
** Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Mann
** East Central German:
    Silesian East Central German: Moan
** German: Mann, man
** Luxembourgish: Mann
** Transylvanian Saxon: Mouen, Mäun
** Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Mann
** Yiddish: מאַן (man)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“fellow human”)

### Noun

man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn)
* household, house-folk, bondslaves
* bondwoman, female slave
* woman, maid
** 900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verse 7:
    Sáttir þínar er ek vil snemma hafa ok þat gjaforð geta; eiga vilja heldr en án vera þat it mjallhvíta man.Quickly will I have your agreement and win the word of marriage; I would rather own than be without that pale maid.

#### Derived terms

* mankynni n pl
* mansal n
* mansmaðr m

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: man

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “man”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

man f (oblique plural mans, nominative singular man, nominative plural mans)
* hand (anatomy)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: man

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 285

## Old Saxon
### Noun

man m
* Alternative form of mann

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin māne (“morning”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/

### Noun

man f (plural manes)
* morning
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt.It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

#### Synonyms

* mannana f

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish mano.

### Noun

man
* hand

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German man. Compare Saterland Frisian man

### Conjunction

man
* but

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz (1973) “man”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 356
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “man”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 92
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Mann”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 552

## Romani
### Pronoun

man
* accusative of me

## Sambali
### Adverb

man
* also

## Saterland Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/
* Hyphenation: man
* Rhymes: -an

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German man. Related to German Low German man and Swedish men.

#### Conjunction

man
* but

#### Adverb

man
* but, just

### Etymology 2

From an unstressed variant of Old Frisian mon (“man”). Compare Dutch men and German man.

#### Pronoun

man
* one, they
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:23:Sjooët, n Maiden skäl n Bäiden undfange, n Súun skäl ju uurwinne, un man skäl him dän Nome Immanuel reke, dät hat uursät: God is mäd uus.Behold, a virgin shall become pregnant with a child, she will give birth to a son, and they shall give him the name Immanuel, which is translated: God is with us.

##### Related terms

* Mon (“man, husband”)

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “man”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /man/

### Preposition

man (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, no mutation)
* Lewis form of mar

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman/ [ˈmãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: man

### Noun

man m (plural mans or manes)
* (Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude
    Synonyms: tipo, tío; see also Thesaurus:tío
** 2017, “Bella”, performed by Wolfine:Me dijeron que andabas un poco triste / Que te pusiste a beber y con un man por ahí te fuisteI heard you were feeling down / That you'd been drinking and took off with some guy

### Further reading

* “man”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English man.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/, /maŋ/

### Noun

man
* man, male human
    A man no ben man taki. ― The man could not speak.

#### Derived terms

* -man
* manpikin

### Verb

man
* to be able to
    A man no ben man taki. ― The man could not speak.
** 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matukuIf you aren't able to carry a head pad / you shouldn't bother with a basket

#### Synonyms

* kan

## Sumerian
### Romanization

man
* Romanization of 𒎙

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

man c
* man (adult male human)
    En man går på gatan.A man walks on the street.
    män och kvinnormen and women
    Ungefär hundra män deltog i loppet.Around one hundred men took part in the race.
    I äldre tider sa man att björnen ägde sju mans styrka men en mans vett.In older times, they said the bear has the strength of seven men but the sense of one man.
* husband
    Vi går till caféet med våra män.We go to the café with our husbands.
* a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop
    Vi var sjuttio man som slet i gruvan.We were seventy men who toiled in the mine.
* (slang, in the definite "mannen") man (usually friendly term of address)
    Jalla, mannen!Hurry up, man!

##### Usage notes

(adult male human): The unchanged plural man is sometimes used after numerals. It means "men" as a measure for size or strength of a group rather than individuals:
       Med tre man kan vi lyfta byrån ― With three people we can lift the cupboard
    Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German and Dutch where Mann and man can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.
(husband): Not used in other contexts, where it could be confused with a man in general.

##### Derived terms

* adelsman
* affärsman
* allvarsman
* amtman
* andreman
* attentatsman
* avundsman
* baneman
* bankman
* befallningsman
* bergsman
* besiktningsman
* besättningsman
* blåman
* bolagsman
* bombman
* borgensman
* bragdman
* brandman
* båtman
* båtsman
* danneman
* däcksman
* dödman
* engelsman
* exman
* fackman
* finansman
* fjärdingsman
* fjärsman
* flaggman
* fransman
* frontman
* fångstman
* fästman
* förman
* försteman
* försäkringsman
* förtroendeman
* gemene man
* giftoman
* god man
* granskningsman
* grodman
* grottman
* gråhårsman
* gudsman
* gå man ur huse
* gärningsman
* hallåman
* handelsman
* hedersman
* hemmaman
* hemulsman
* hemvärnsman
* herreman
* hirdman
* hovman
* husman
* huvudman
* högerman
* hövitsman
* i mannaminne
* idealman
* idrottsman
* illgärningsman
* indrivningsman
* industriman
* ingenmansland
* jungman
* justeringsman
* järnvägsman
* kameraman
* knivman
* kontaktman
* krigsman
* kvittningsman
* köpman
* lagman
* landsman
* lantman
* lebeman
* lekman
* linjeman
* länsman
* löftesman
* mandom
* manhaftig
* manlig
* mannakraft
* mannamod
* mannen på gatan
* mansgris
* manskap
* manskör
* manspillan
* manssamhälle
* manstark
* medgärningsman
* medicinman
* motorman
* motståndsman
* målsman
* mörkerman
* mörkman
* naturvetenskapsman
* norrman
* nämndeman
* näste man till rakning
* odalman
* ogärningsman
* ombudsman
* ordningsman
* polisman
* pr-man
* på tu man hand
* radioman
* renlevnadsman
* revolverman
* rikeman
* riksdagsman
* rorsman
* rådman
* sagesman
* samarbetsman
* sambandsman
* sejdman
* serviceman
* sexman
* sjöman
* skiftesman
* skiljeman
* skogsman
* slagman
* sol-och-vår-man
* sol-och-vårman
* solochvårman
* speleman
* spelman
* språkman
* spåman
* statsman
* stigman
* stridsman
* studioman
* stuntman
* styresman
* styrman
* syneman
* syssloman
* såningsman
* säkerhetsman
* talesman
* talman
* teaterman
* tidningsman
* tillsyningsman
* tillsynsman
* timmerman
* tjänsteman
* transman
* tredje man
* tullman
* tätman
* uppbördsman
* upphovsman
* upplysningsman
* upprorsman
* uppsyningsman
* vandringsman
* var mans niding
* vara en man kort
* vattuman
* vetenskapsman
* vildman
* våldtäktsman
* vällevnadsman
* vänsterman
* värderingsman
* världsman
* yrkesman
* ålderman
* ämbetsman
* änkeman
* örlogsman
* överman

##### See also

(husband): make, gemål

#### Pronoun

man c
* (indefinite) people in general (in some implied group, often all people); one, you, they, people, etc.
** 1984, Adolphson & Falk, “I fördatorisk tid [In pre-computer times [Literally, "In pre-computerish/computeric time" – sounds ad hoc in Swedish as well. Could also be translated as "In a pre-computer age/time" or the like.]]”, in Över tid och rum [Across time and space]‎:För länge, länge sen såg inte världen ut som nu. Man levde inte alls på samma sätt som jag och du. Man hade ständiga problem med sin kommunikation. För att göra sig hörd var man tvungen att ta ton. Man siktade mot mål, men man träffade bredvid, för inget var exakt i en fördatorisk tid. Man sände sina dokument med män i uniform, som färdades på snö och is i hällregn och storm. Man köpte sina tjänster med papper och metall – ett besynnerligt system som fick imperier på fall. Man sa att grunden var solid, men staten kom på glid, för system var instabila i en fördatorisk tid. Tiderna förändras. Andra ska ta vid. Sanningar föråldras. De formas av sin egen tid. Man byggde stora städer där man trängdes med varann – där man omgav sig med dån och larm och stod i rök och damm. Man sökte efter ledare med styrka och förstånd, som skulle föra folket bort från krig och undergång. En roll alltför komplex för en enda individ, så inget blev beständigt i en fördatorisk tid. Tiderna förändras. Andra ska ta vid. Sanningar föråldras. Man formas av sin egen tid. Man måste stiga upp varje vardag klockan fem, för att stå vid en maskin tills det blev kväll och man gick hem. Man levde under hot, på gränsen till panik, så man sökte efter sanningen i stjärnornas mystik. Man talade om fred, men man låg i ständig strid, för man förlitade sig på människan i fördatorisk tid.A long, long time ago, the world was different from today [did not look like now]. People [one] did not at all live in the same way as me and you [literally translated]. You [one] had constant problems with your [one's] communication. To make yourself [oneself] heard, you [one] had to speak up [take tone]. You [one] aimed for goals [or targets], but you [one] hit next to them [hit next-to/beside (the goal/target, missing it)], because nothing was exact in a pre-computer time. You [one] sent your [one's] documents with men in uniform, who traveled on snow and ice in pouring rain and storm. You [one] bought your [one's] services with paper and metal – a peculiar [strange] system that brought empires down ["got empires on fall"]. People [one] said that the foundation was solid, but the state started slipping [went [came] on the slide [on slide]], because systems were unstable in a pre-computer time. [The] times change. Others will follow/ensue [shall pick up]. Truths become outdated ["are en-aged"]. They are shaped by their own time. People [one] built large cities where they [one] crowded together [thronged with one another] – where they [one] surrounded themselves [oneself] with roar and racket and stood in smoke and dust. They [one] sought leaders with strength and reason, that would lead [or bring] the people away from war and ruin [or "doom," or "destruction" in the sense of ruin/doom]. A role much too complex for a single individual, so nothing endured [became enduring] in a pre-computer time. [The] times change. Others will follow/ensue [shall pick up]. Truths become outdated ["are en-aged"]. You [one] are shaped by your [one's] own time. You [one] had to get up every weekday at five, to stand at a machine until the evening and then go home [until it became evening and you [one] went home]. You [one] lived under threat, on the verge of panic, so you [one] searched for the truth in the mystery of the stars [in the stars' mystique]. People [one] spoke of peace, but they [one] were [lay] in constant conflict [battle], because you [one] relied on [and put your trust in] man/humans ["the human" – the human species or humans collectively] in pre-computer times.
* (indefinite, often humorous) I (referring to oneself obliquely)
    Synonym: jag
    Man har väl varit med förr!This isn't my first rodeo! [One has väl been with [involved] before!]

##### Usage notes

* Intuited as a singular pronoun referring to people individually in a generalized sense, like English one.
* Man does not sound formal the way English one might when used instead of you. Man is usually the only option when either you or one might be used in English, as Swedish du (“you”) and ni (“you (plural)”) sound more like "you specifically." See the quotations for (sense 1) above for examples of how man can be translated while preserving tone.
* See the usage notes for bli and skall for two other examples of words that have a direct translation that is often unidiomatic or a poor match for tone.

##### Declension

See Template:sv-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

##### Derived terms

* det man inte har i huvudet får man ha i benen
* man kan inte lära gamla hundar sitta
* man tager vad man haver
* när man talar om trollen
* ser man på
* som man bäddar får man ligga
* ta seden dit man kommer
* vill man vara fin får man lida pin

##### See also

* en annan

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish man, from Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑːn/

#### Noun

man c
* mane (of a horse or lion)

##### Declension
### References

* man in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* man in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* man in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* nam

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man (“particle expressing solidarity, concession, qualification, or emphasis”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈman/ [ˈman̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: man

### Adverb

man (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)
* even (implying extreme example)
    Hindi man lang siya tumawag.She did not even at least call.
* although; even if; even though
    Synonyms: kahit, maski, bagaman
* even; also; too
    Synonyms: din, pati
    Ang bagong panganak man ay may karapatan.Even the newborn has rights.

#### Usage notes

* The word cannot be at the start of a sentence.

#### Derived terms

* alinman
* anuman
* bagaman
* gayumpaman
* gayunman
* kahiman
* kahimanawari
* kailanman
* magpakailanman
* mandin
* naman
* pekado man
* saanman
* sakali man
* sangganuman
* sinuman

#### See also

* ni

### Further reading

* “man”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*man”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tarpia
### Noun

man
* bird

### References

* George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English man.

### Noun

man
* man (adult male human)
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.→New International Version translation

### Adjective

man
* male

#### Antonyms

* meri

#### Derived terms

* bigman
* konman
* manmeri
* paniman

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From English man.

### Noun

man
* husband
* a married man
* any man

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

man f (invariable)
* hand

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maːŋ˧˧]
* Homophone: mang

### Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“ten thousand”, SV: vạn). Doublet of muôn and vạn.

#### Numeral

man
* (obsolete, as a free morpheme) ten thousand; myriad
    một man ― ten thousand

##### Derived terms

* cơ man (“multitude; myriad”)

### Etymology 2
#### Romanization

man
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 瞞

##### Derived terms

* khai man
* man trá

### Etymology 3

Compare Mán, which is might be a cognate.

#### Romanization

man
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蠻

##### Derived terms

* dã man
* man dại
* man di
* man khai
* man rợ
* miên man

### Anagrams

* nam

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *mann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [man]

### Noun

man (nominative plural mans)
* man (adult male human)
** 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 16:Man, älogöl atosi, äfugom.On seeing this, the man fled.
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:‚Ioseph’: himatan ofa, bi äbinom man ritik, e no ävilom jonetükön ofi len jemodastafäd, ädesinom ad lüvön kläno ofi.Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Coordinate terms

* vom

#### Derived terms

* dolafulaman
* lüodaman
* manadigöf
* manafied
* manageilot
* manageilotik
* manajit
* manaklot
* manaklotem
* manalien (tribütabima)
* manalunot
* manamod
* manamodo
* mananam
* mananäm
* manapenät
* manapörträt
* mandragoramanil
* manef
* manik
* manil
* manisasen
* man maleditilik
* manüp
* man vönädaleguda
* miligaman
* pödaman
* pösod manik
* visoman
* vöd manik

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -an

### Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh mann, from Proto-Celtic *mendu (“mark, location”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-dʰh₁u-. Cognate with Old Irish mind (“crown”), and also related to Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”); outside of Celtic, cognate with Latin mendum (“fault, blemish”), Hittite [script needed] (mant-, “something harming”).

#### Noun

man f or m (plural mannau or mannoedd)
* place; location
    Synonyms: lle, lleoliad, safle

##### Derived terms

* canolfan
* clofan
* croesfan
* cylchfan
* cyrchfan
* gwefan
* lladdfan
* pobman
* trigfan
* trofan
* unfan
* unman
* y fan a'r fan (“such and such a place”)
* y fan yma, fama (“here”)
* y fan yna, fanna (“there”)

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Latin menda (“defect, blemish, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”); if so, then from the same origin as Etymology 1. See Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).

#### Noun

man m (plural mannau or mannoedd, diminutive mannyn or mennyn)
* speck; blemish
* stain
* distinguishing mark
* birthmark; mole
* pimple; spot
* (heraldry) mascle

### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Hebrew מן (mān, “manna”).

#### Noun

man m
* (uncommon) manna
    Synonym: manna

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “man”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔn/

### Noun

man c (plural manlju or mannen, diminutive mantsje)
* man
    Coordinate term: frou
* husband
    Coordinate term: frou

#### Further reading

* “man (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Wik-Mungkan
### Noun

man
* neck

#### Derived terms

* man awal
* man ngaat
* man poonchal

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

man
* I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular subject | plural subject | singular object | plural object |
| 1st person | man | nun | ma | nu |
| 2nd person | yow | yeen | la | leen |
| 3rd person | moom | ñoom | ko | leen |

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English man, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man/

### Noun

man (genitive mannes)
* man
* husband
    Coordinate term: mawen
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:He at nouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,He that knows what to say, mischief fetch the man,
** 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;
** 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 104:Zimaan Haay is a wicked man,Simon Hay is a wicked man,

#### Derived terms

* cowlee man
* Irishmen
* gentleman

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 55

## Zealandic
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

man m (plural mannen)
* man
* husband