man'sとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /mæn/, X-SAMPA: /m{n/
• (Jamaica) IPA: [mɑn], X-SAMPA: [mAn]
• (New Zealand, parts of South Africa) IPA: [mɛn], X-SAMPA: [mEn]
• 韻: -æn

語源 1

From Middle English man, from 古期英語 mann (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“human being, man”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“man”) (cf. also *men- (“mind”). Cognate with West Frisian man, Dutch man, German Mann (“man”), Norwegian mann (“man”), Russian муж (muž, “male person”), Avestan �������� (manuš), Sanskrit मनु (manu, “human being”).

名詞

man (複数形 men)

1. An adult male human.
2. (collective) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind. Also 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.

3. An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult.

   every man for himself

4. A mensch; a person of integrity and honor.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...

5. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
6. A person, often male, with duties or skills associated with a specified thing.

   I always wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

7. A person, usually male, who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing.

   Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.

8. (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
   • 2011, Top Boy:

     Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.

9. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina.

使用する際の注意点

The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence:

• Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young.^[1]

Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human, human being, humankind, and person depending on contexts instead of man.

同意語

• (adult male human): omi (Polari); see also Wikisaurus:man
• See also Wikisaurus:person
• See also Wikisaurus:board game piece

参考

• boy
• male
• woman

派生語

間投詞

man

1. An interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

   Man, that was a great catch!

   (Geordie) Giv’is a bottle of dog man! (dog = beer / brown ale)

引用

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

語源 2

From Middle English mannen, from 古期英語 mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognate with Dutch mannen (“to man”), German mannen (“to man”), Swedish manna (“to man”), Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man”).

動詞

man (三人称単数 現在形 mans, 現在分詞 manning, 過去形および過去分詞形 manned)

1. (transitive) To supply with staff or crew (of either sex).

   The shipped was manned with a small crew.

2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate something.

   Man the machine guns!

派生語

• overman v

参照

1. ^ Nonsexist Language Guideline, the University of New Hampshire.

統計情報

• Most common English words before 1923: other · very · upon · #69: man · may · about · its

アナグラム

• AMN, MNA, ’Nam, ’nam, Nam

語源 1

From mann.

発音

• IPA: /mɑn/

代名詞

man

1. one, someone, they (often used to form the passive)

語源 2

Cognate with Old Saxon mēn, Old High German mein, Old Norse mein.

発音

• IPA: /mɑːn/

名詞

mān n.

1. crime, sin, wickedness

語源

From Latin mēns (“mind”). Cognate with English -ment, French -ment and Italian -mente.

接尾辞

-mans

1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

   darkmans ← dark

   lightmans ← light

2. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Substitute for part of another word to disguise meaning.

   Cheapmans ← Cheapside

   Gracemans ← Gracechurch Street Market

同意語

• (form nouns): -ness

派生語

参照

• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of the Underworld, London, Macmillan Co., 1949

アナグラム

• AMNs, MNAs, MNSA, NASM, mnas

固有名詞

Mans

1. Alternative form of Le Mans (“Lemans”) A place in France