mannish

Significat (Anglès)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.
3. (Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive.
4. (Caribbean) Precocious.
5. (archaic) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.

Conceptes

masculí

viril

Sinònims

masculine

manlike

manly

♂️

unwomanly

unfeminine

spirited

manful

anthropoid

virile

boyish

butch

gynandrous

macho

strong-minded

unyielding

Traduccions

varonil

♂️

masculino

viril

masculin

♂️

hommasse

varonil

♂️

viril

männisch

♂️

erkeksi

männlicher Mut

ανδροειδής

Mannweib

mâle

♂️

mannhaft

♂️

ανδρικός

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmæn.ɪʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: mannish

Heretat de anglès antic: mennisċ

In summary

From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ (“human, natural, humane”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mennish, mense, and mensch.