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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Middle English humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective), from homo, with unclear ū. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century.[1] Not etymologically related to man.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hyo͞oʹmən, IPA(key): /ˈhjuː.mən/, [ˈçju̟mən], [ˈçju̟mn̩]
- (New York City, some other dialects) IPA(key): /ˈju.mən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːmən
- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Adjective
[edit]human (comparative more human, superlative most human)
- (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vi:
- Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt / Their angry ſeedes at his conception: / For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, / Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, / He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.
- 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 83:
- [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
- (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
- To err is human; to forgive, divine.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
- 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’, Business World, Wall Street Journal,
- Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Terms derived from the adjective or noun human
- abhuman
- ahuman
- antehuman
- antihuman
- anti-human
- chuman
- countryhuman
- demihuman
- European early modern human
- extrahuman
- half-human
- HIV
- hope springs eternal in the human breast
- HOV
- huboon
- hucow
- hufu
- human African trypanosomiasis
- humanation
- human bean
- human behavior
- human being
- human billboard
- human biodiversity
- human blockhead
- human botfly
- humanburger
- human burrito
- human cannonball
- human capital
- humancentric
- human chain
- human chattel
- human cheese
- human chorionic gonadotropin
- human chorionic somatomammotrophin
- human chorionic somatomammotropin
- human choriosomatomammotrophin
- human choriosomatomammotropin
- human-computer interaction
- human condition
- human death
- human development
- human directional
- human-dominated
- human dross
- human enhancement
- human error
- humanesque
- human factors
- human flag
- human flea
- human-flesh search
- human flesh search engine
- Human Genome Project
- human geographer
- human geography
- humanhood
- humanicide
- humanics
- humaniform
- humanify
- humanimal
- human immunodeficiency virus
- human immunodeficiency virus 1
- human immunodeficiency virus 2
- human insulin
- human intelligence
- human interest
- human interface device
- humanisation
- humanish
- humanism
- humanist
- humanization
- humanize
- humanizer
- human kind, humankind
- human knot
- humanless
- human leukocyte antigen
- human life
- humanlike
- human-like
- humanly
- human-made
- humanmade
- human microphone
- human milk
- human movement
- human nature
- humanness
- human-occupied vehicle
- humanoid
- humanosphere
- human papillomavirus
- humanphobe
- human potential movement
- human-powered
- human pyramid
- human race
- human-readable
- human relations
- human resource management
- human resources (HR)
- human resources management
- human right, human rights
- human-rightism
- human-rightist
- human roulette wheel
- human sacrifice
- human safari
- human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
- human services
- humansexual
- human shield
- human smuggling
- human statue
- human terrain
- human touch
- human trafficker
- human trafficking
- humanure
- human wave
- humanwise
- human year
- humanzee
- human zoo
- humint
- HUMINT
- huwoman
- infrahuman
- inhuman
- inhumane
- interhuman
- intrahuman
- metahuman
- milk of human kindness
- modern human
- no human being is illegal
- no human involved
- no human is illegal
- nonhuman, non-human
- paleohuman
- panhuman
- parahuman
- posthuman
- post-human
- prehuman
- preter-human
- preterhuman
- proto-human
- protohuman
- pseudohuman
- semi-human
- semihuman
- socialism with a human face
- spontaneous human combustion
- subhuman
- suprahuman
- to err is human
- transhuman
- ultrahuman
- -umab
- werehuman
English terms starting with “human”
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens
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having the nature or attributes of a human being
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Noun
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human (plural humans)
- (strictly, biology) The tallest, most abundant and most intelligent of the primates; Homo sapiens.
- Synonyms: human being, man; see also Thesaurus:person
- Humans share common ancestors with other apes.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
- 2013 April 18, Rock Paper Cynic (webcomic):
- If I ever have to choose between a future where killer robots hunt humans or a future where bacon supplies have run out ... Let's just say you better start running.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
- 1994 March 29, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:
- Greetings. I am Blor-Utar from Zimtok-5. I have come to subjugate the human race. Do not resist. Why humans? Because, in addition to their value as slave labor, they are also delicious and nutritious!
- (fantasy, science fiction) A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
- 2011 December 29, Alex Culang, Raynato Castro, Buttersafe[1] (webcomic):
- Greetings, human! You have stumbled into the dimension of the Snow People. […] Flesh plows clear the streets to make them safe to drive. […] Does this shock you, human? Do the ways of our world open your eyes to the truths of your own?
- (broadly) Any hominid of the genus Homo.
Translations
[edit]human being
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Verb
[edit]human (third-person singular simple present humans, present participle humaning or humanning, simple past and past participle humaned or humanned)
- (rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
- 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Music”, in The collected works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 9, page 362:
- […] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went on humaning, there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs, […]
- 2013, Biosocial Becomings, →ISBN, page 19:
- There are, then, many ways of humaning: these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.
References
[edit]- ^ Random House Dictionary, 2010
Further reading
[edit]
human on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “human”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “human”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “human”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Verb
[edit]human
- to finish
Adjective
[edit]human
Adverb
[edit]human
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:human.
Danish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human
- human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
- Synonym: menneskelig
- humane (something done from love to humanity)
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of human | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | human | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | humant | — | —2 |
| Plural | humane | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | humane | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
German
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human (strong nominative masculine singular humaner, comparative humaner, superlative am humansten)
- humane
- Synonym: menschlich
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of human
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist human | sie ist human | es ist human | sie sind human | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | humaner | humane | humanes | humane |
| genitive | humanen | humaner | humanen | humaner | |
| dative | humanem | humaner | humanem | humanen | |
| accusative | humanen | humane | humanes | humane | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der humane | die humane | das humane | die humanen |
| genitive | des humanen | der humanen | des humanen | der humanen | |
| dative | dem humanen | der humanen | dem humanen | den humanen | |
| accusative | den humanen | die humane | das humane | die humanen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein humaner | eine humane | ein humanes | (keine) humanen |
| genitive | eines humanen | einer humanen | eines humanen | (keiner) humanen | |
| dative | einem humanen | einer humanen | einem humanen | (keinen) humanen | |
| accusative | einen humanen | eine humane | ein humanes | (keine) humanen | |
Comparative forms of human
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist humaner | sie ist humaner | es ist humaner | sie sind humaner | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | humanerer | humanere | humaneres | humanere |
| genitive | humaneren | humanerer | humaneren | humanerer | |
| dative | humanerem | humanerer | humanerem | humaneren | |
| accusative | humaneren | humanere | humaneres | humanere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der humanere | die humanere | das humanere | die humaneren |
| genitive | des humaneren | der humaneren | des humaneren | der humaneren | |
| dative | dem humaneren | der humaneren | dem humaneren | den humaneren | |
| accusative | den humaneren | die humanere | das humanere | die humaneren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein humanerer | eine humanere | ein humaneres | (keine) humaneren |
| genitive | eines humaneren | einer humaneren | eines humaneren | (keiner) humaneren | |
| dative | einem humaneren | einer humaneren | einem humaneren | (keinen) humaneren | |
| accusative | einen humaneren | eine humanere | ein humaneres | (keine) humaneren | |
Superlative forms of human
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human (comparative plus human, superlative le plus human)
Derived terms
[edit]Northern Sami
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]human
- first-person singular present indicative of hupmat (“speak, talk”)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)
References
[edit]- “human” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)
References
[edit]- “human” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human m (feminine singular humana, masculine plural humans, feminine plural humanas)
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]human m (plural humans; feminine humana, plural humanas)
Alternative forms
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hȕmān (Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н, definite hȕmānī, comparative humaniji)
- humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)
Declension
[edit]positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | human | humana | humano | |
| genitive | humana | humane | humana | |
| dative | humanu | humanoj | humanu | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
human humana |
humanu | humano |
| vocative | human | humana | humano | |
| locative | humanu | humanoj | humanu | |
| instrumental | humanim | humanom | humanim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | humani | humane | humana | |
| genitive | humanih | humanih | humanih | |
| dative | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
| accusative | humane | humane | humana | |
| vocative | humani | humane | humana | |
| locative | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
| instrumental | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | humani | humana | humano | |
| genitive | humanog(a) | humane | humanog(a) | |
| dative | humanom(u/e) | humanoj | humanom(u/e) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
humani humanog(a) |
humanu | humano |
| vocative | humani | humana | humano | |
| locative | humanom(e/u) | humanoj | humanom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | humanim | humanom | humanim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | humani | humane | humana | |
| genitive | humanih | humanih | humanih | |
| dative | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
| accusative | humane | humane | humana | |
| vocative | humani | humane | humana | |
| locative | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
| instrumental | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | humanim(a) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | humaniji | humanija | humanije | |
| genitive | humanijeg(a) | humanije | humanijeg(a) | |
| dative | humanijem(u) | humanijoj | humanijem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
humaniji humanijeg(a) |
humaniju | humanije |
| vocative | humaniji | humanija | humanije | |
| locative | humanijem(u) | humanijoj | humanijem(u) | |
| instrumental | humanijim | humanijom | humanijim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | humaniji | humanije | humanija | |
| genitive | humanijih | humanijih | humanijih | |
| dative | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | |
| accusative | humanije | humanije | humanija | |
| vocative | humaniji | humanije | humanija | |
| locative | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | |
| instrumental | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | humanijim(a) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najhumaniji | najhumanija | najhumanije | |
| genitive | najhumanijeg(a) | najhumanije | najhumanijeg(a) | |
| dative | najhumanijem(u) | najhumanijoj | najhumanijem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
najhumaniji najhumanijeg(a) |
najhumaniju | najhumanije |
| vocative | najhumaniji | najhumanija | najhumanije | |
| locative | najhumanijem(u) | najhumanijoj | najhumanijem(u) | |
| instrumental | najhumanijim | najhumanijom | najhumanijim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najhumaniji | najhumanije | najhumanija | |
| genitive | najhumanijih | najhumanijih | najhumanijih | |
| dative | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | |
| accusative | najhumanije | najhumanije | najhumanija | |
| vocative | najhumaniji | najhumanije | najhumanija | |
| locative | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | |
| instrumental | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | najhumanijim(a) | |
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]human
Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]human
- humane, decent, compassionate
- Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.
- Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.
- (of prices) reasonable
- Det var ett humant pris.
- That was a reasonable price.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of human | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | human | humanare | humanast |
| Neuter singular | humant | humanare | humanast |
| Plural | humana | humanare | humanast |
| Masculine plural3 | humane | humanare | humanast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | humane | humanare | humanaste |
| All | humana | humanare | humanaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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