Human Definition
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English
Wikipedia has articles on: HumanEtymology
From Middle French humain < Latin hūmānus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”) < homo (“man, human”). Spelled human predominant since the early 18th century.[1]
Displaced Old English guma (from whence Modern English groom).
Pronunciation
Adjective
human (comparative more human, superlative most human)
- (no comparative or superlative) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
- (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
- 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.
- 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,
Synonyms
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Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: HumanWikipedia human (plural humans)
- A human being, whether man, woman or child.
Translations
a human being
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the adjective or noun human
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Look at pages starting with human.
Statistics
External links
- human in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- human in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
References
- ^ Random House Dictionary, 2010
Danish
Adjective
human (neuter humant, definite and plural humane)
- human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
- humane (something done from love to humanity)
German
German Wikipedia has an article on: HumanPronunciation
- IPA: /huˈmaːn/
Adjective
human
- humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)
Related terms
- Humanismus
- Humanist
- humanistisch
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /xûmaːn/
- Hyphenation: hu‧man
Adjective
hȕmān (definite hȕmānī, comparative humaniji, Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н)
- humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)
Declension
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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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| 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) | |
Swedish
Adjective
human
- humane, decent, compassionate
- Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.
- Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.
- Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.
- (of prices) reasonable
- Det var ett humant pris.
- That was a reasonable price.
- Det var ett humant pris.
Declension
Declension of human| Inflections of human | Absolute | Comparative | Superlative | ||
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| Indefinite singular | Common | human | humanare | humanast | |
| Neuter | humant | ||||
| Definite singular | Masc. | humane | humanaste | ||
| All | humana | humanaste | |||
| Plural | humana | humanaste | |||
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Humans (known taxonomically as Homo sapiens, Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man") are the only living species in the Homo genus.
People
From Wikiquote (Redirected from Human) Quotes about peopleQuotes
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- I judge people by what they might be, — not are, nor will be.
- Robert Browning, English poet. A Soul’s Tragedy, Act II
- Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.
- Edith Cavell , as quoted in The Economist (15 October 2010), p. 107
- Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.
- Stephen King, in The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (1990), 3rd paragraph of Chapter 42, Glen Bateman speaking
- A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.
- Agent K in the film Men in Black
- The people will live on.
The learning and blundering people will live on.
- Carl Sandburg, in The People, Yes (1936)
External links
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