mans

See also: Mans, MANs, mäns, måns, Måns, and -mans

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English man

English -s

English mans

From man + -s (third-person singular suffix).

Verb

mans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of man

   Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

English man

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English mans

From man + -s (plural suffix).

Noun

mans

1. (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
   • 2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse:

     Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

English man

English -s

English mans

From man + -s (genitive suffix).

Noun

mans

1. (obsolete) genitive of man
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book I, page [28]:

     And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand.

   • 1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […] Peter Short, page 8:

     But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.

   • 1596, Thomas Lodge, A Margarite of America‎^[1], London: John Busbie:

     The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,

Etymology 4

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

English man

English -s

English mans

From man + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Noun

mans (singular only)

1. (slang) Synonym of man.

   Whose mans is this?

   • 2017 August 22, A-T. Gabe, chapter 7, in Stuck in a Day Dream, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

     “Don’t forget that I’m here for you.” I stated. He smiled. / “Yeah I know, thanks mans.” he answered.

Anagrams

• MNAs, MNSA, NASM, mnas

Afrikaans

Noun

mans

1. plural of man

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmans]

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• Rhymes: -ans

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.

Adjective

mans (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)

1. tame

   Synonyms: manso, mansoi, mansuet, manyac

Derived terms

• amansir
• mansament

Etymology 2

Noun

mans

1. plural of mà
2. (castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix (also in front of the baix in the case of a pilar) and helping to support the segon, or a casteller in the pinya positioned behind these mans
3. (castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, the vents, and the laterals
4. (castells, invariable f.pl.) in a construction built without a pinya, a casteller who stands around the base with arms raised and braced to provide safety in case of a fall; the act of doing this

Further reading

• “mans”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Etymology

From Old French mans from Latin mancus.

Adjective

mans

1. crippled, maimed

Noun

mans m (plural mansyon)

1. amputee, cripple

Mutation

Mutation of mans

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mans	vans	unchanged	unchanged	fans, vans*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

Noun

mans c

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

mans

1. (dated, nautical, dialect) plural of man

Faroese

Noun

mans

1. genitive singular of maður

Franco-Provençal

Noun

mans

1. plural of man

Galician

Noun

mans m pl

1. plural of man

Gothic

Romanization

mans

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃

Ladin

Noun

mans

1. plural of man

Latvian

Pronoun

mans (possessive, 1st person singular)

1. my, mine

Declension

Declension of mans

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	mans	mani		mana	manas
genitive	mana	manu		manas	manu
dative	manam	maniem		manai	manām
accusative	manu	manus		manu	manas
instrumental	manu	maniem		manu	manām
locative	manā	manos		manā	manās
vocative	mans	mani		mana	manas

Derived terms

• manējs

Maltese

Root
m-n-s
3 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sicilian manzu, mansubor.

Maltese mans

Borrowed from Sicilian manzu, mansu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Adjective

mans (feminine singular mansa, plural mansi)

1. domesticated, tame

Related terms

• mannas
• mannasi
• mmansa (mannas)

Spanish

Noun

mans m pl

1. plural of man

Swedish

Noun

mans

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

Volapük

Noun

mans

1. nominative plural of man