English

Adjective

humane ‎(comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)

1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

   It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

   As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.

2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.7:

     many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.

3. Obsolete spelling of human

Antonyms

• inhuman, inhumane

Derived terms

• humanely

Related terms

Translations

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.

Danish

Adjective

humane

1. definite singular of human
2. plural of human

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈmane/
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ne

Adverb

humane

1. humanely

German

Adjective

humane

1. inflected form of human

Latin

Etymology

From hūmānus ‎(“humane, noble”)

Adverb

hūmānē ‎(comparable hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē)

1. humanly, in a human manner.
2. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Synonyms

• (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
• (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus

Related terms

References

• humane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• humane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “humane”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bear a thing with resignation, composure: humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquid
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

humane

1. singular definite of human
2. plural of human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

humane

1. singular definite of human
2. plural of human

Swedish

Adjective

humane

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of human.