-man
See also: Appendix:Variations of "man"
English
Etymology
From the noun man.
Suffix
-man (plural -men)
- Someone (implied male) who is an expert in an area.
- Someone (implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area.
- Someone (implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.
- In certain cases, someone (implied male) who derives from a particular nationality.
Usage notes
- To include people regardless of gender, either the suffix -person is used, or a gender-neutral synonym, for example police officer instead of policeman.
- Frequently employed in the names of comic book characters, e.g. Aquaman, Batman, Spiderman, Superman, etc.
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- Category:English words suffixed with -man
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From the Dutch noun man 'man'.
Suffix
-man m (plural -mannen or -lieden or -lui)
- Someone (implied male) who is an expert in an area; e.g. sportman 'sportsman', zakenman 'businessman'.
- Someone (implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area; e.g brandweerman 'fireman', politieman 'policeman'.
- Someone (implied male) who has special characteristics relating to an area, e.g. dolleman 'madman', landsman 'countryman'.
- In certain cases, someone (implied male) who derives from a particular nationality; e.g. Schotsman, Fransman.
Usage notes
The plural form of -man is -lieden (-lui in spoken language) or sometimes -mannen and -mensen (ex. sportlieden/sportlui, brandweerlieden/brandweermannen, politiemannen or politiemensen, Fransmannen or Fransen).
Antonyms
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man/
Suffix
-man
- used to form names of male professions or sportspersons
Usage notes
- Most of these like businessman are borrowed directly from English, while some such as tennisman are not. The plural may be -mans or -men.
See also
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Suffix
-man
- used to form adverbs out of adjectives; -ly
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Suffix
-man m
- (generally) -maniac
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_words_suffixed_with_-man'>Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -man</a>
References
- “-man” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Suffix
-man m
- (generally) -maniac
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Nynorsk_words_suffixed_with_-man'>Norwegian Nynorsk words suffixed with -man</a>
References
- “-man” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Quechua
Suffix
-man
- allative or dative case; indicates the direction of movement or the indirect object
- Llaqtaman risaq.
- I will go towards the town.
- Paykunaman mikhunata apachkani.
- I am taking food to them.
- Llaqtaman risaq.
- potential mood; indicates possibility or potential
- Qam rikunkiman.
- You would see.
- Ñuqaqa manam haqayman purinimanchu.
- I would not walk over there.
- Qam rikunkiman.
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