man

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An adult male human.
2. (collective) An adult male human.
3. An adult male human.
4. An adult male human.
5. An adult male human.
6. A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
7. (collective) A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
8. A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
9. A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
10. (obsolete, uncommon, uncountable) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
11. A husband.
12. A male lover; a boyfriend.
13. Used as the last element of a compound.
14. Used as the last element of a compound.
15. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
16. (historical) A vassal; a subject.
17. A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
18. One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
19. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
20. 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.
21. A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
22. (slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.

Adj

Synonym of manly. (Only used in man enough.)

Intj

Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

Pron

1. (Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang) You; construed in the third person.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang) Any person, one

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
3. (dated, possibly, reflexive) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
4. (obsolete, transitive) To wait on, attend to or escort.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Name

A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

Concepten

man

👨

mens

kerel

heer

bemannen

👨

jongen

👦

vent

persoon

🧑‍🦱

mannelijk

♂️

pion

manspersoon

gemaal

echtgenoot

🤵

makker

🧉

mensheid

massa

eega

speelstuk

👨

mensen

mensenkind

mindere

sterveling

volk

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

vrouw

👩

wereld

🗺️

werkman

ziel

compagnon

deze of gene

mensachtige

menselijk wezen

homo sapiens

impotente

burgerij

de mens

echtgenote

👰‍♀️

gade

gast

gemalin

generatie

gentleman

gozer

kameraad

knul

maat

manmens

men

1️⃣

meneer

menigte

mensdom

Synoniemen

male

♂️

person

🧑‍🦱

human being

husband

🤵

human

mankind

boy

👦

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

fellow

mortal

guy

one

humanity

human beings

humankind

gentleman

🤵‍♂️

piece

staff

adult male

male person

individual

woman

👩

human race

hero

🦸‍♂️

son

soul

chap

humans

bloke

attendant

creature

homo

gentleman’s gentleman

pawn

Man

👨

class

spouse

soldier

valet

servant

bachelor

serviceman

personage

character

single

valet de chambre

living being

brace

aborigine

hubby

Vertalingen

homme

👨

hombre

👨

uomo

🧑‍🦱

Mann

👨

homem

♂️

Mensch

home

👨

άνδρας

varón

mâle

♂️

vir

👨

άνθρωπος

homo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mæn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: man

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mann

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mannen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mannian

Verwant aan Nederlands: bemannen

Verwant aan Duits: bemannen

Verwant aan Deens: bemande

Verwant aan Zweeds: bemanna

Verwant aan IJslands: manna

In summary

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.
See also Saterland Frisian Mon, West Frisian man, Dutch man, Low German Mann, German Mann, Swedish man, Norwegian Nynorsk mann, Danish mand.

Zinnen

Where did you say this man worked ?

Waar zei je dat deze man werkte?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

De oude man wist hoe hij moest lezen en had het boek al gelezen.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

De oude man gaf het boek terug aan de jongen.

An older man is walking along the street in front of a woman .

Een oudere man loopt langs de straat voor een vrouw.

" You have helped me ." The man continued to prepare his tea , saying nothing .

"Je hebt me geholpen." De man bleef zijn thee bereiden en zei niets.

I have to find a man who knows that universal language .

Ik moet een man vinden die die universele taal kent.