English

Adjective

human ‎(comparative more human, superlative most human)

1. (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
   • 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.

2. (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

   To err is human; to forgive is divine.‎

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     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, chapter 20, in The China Governess:

     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.

Synonyms

• mennish (nonstandard, very rare)

Related terms

• humane
• humanitarian
• humanitarianism
• humanity

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

Rendition of the humans on the Pioneer 10 plaque

human ‎(plural humans)

1. A human being, whether man, woman or child.
   • 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.

   Humans share common ancestors with other apes.‎

Synonyms

• human being
• man

Translations

Verb

human ‎(third-person singular simple present humans, present participle humaning, simple past and past participle humaned)

1. (rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
   • 2013, Biosocial Becomings (ISBN 110702563X), page 19:

     There are, then, many ways of humaning: these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.

   • 1911, 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, […]

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Anagrams

• Nahum

References

1. ↑ Random House Dictionary, 2010

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧man

Verb

human

1. To finish.

Adjective

human

1. completed, done

Adverb

human

1. after

Danish

Adjective

human

1. human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
2. humane (something done from love to humanity)

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈmaːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

human ‎(comparative humaner, superlative am humansten)

1. humane

Declension

Related terms

• Humanismus
• Humanist
• humanistisch

Northern Sami

Verb

human

1. first-person singular present indicative of hupmat

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin humanus

Adjective

human ‎(neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)

1. humane

References

• “human” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin humanus

Adjective

human ‎(neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)

1. humane

References

• “human” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Adjective

human m (feminine singular humana, masculine plural humans, feminine plural humanas)

1. (Sursilvan) human

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Noun

human m (plural humans)

1. (Sursilvan) (male) human being

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Synonyms

• carstgaun

Coordinate terms

• carstgauna, humana

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xûmaːn/
• Hyphenation: hu‧man

Adjective

hȕmān ‎(definite hȕmānī, comparative humaniji, Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄н)

1. humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

human

1. humane, decent, compassionate

   Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.‎

   Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.

2. (of prices) reasonable

   Det var ett humant pris.‎

   That was a reasonable price.

Declension