humanitarian

English

Etymology

Coined around 1820, from humanity +‎ -arian.

Adjective

humanitarian (comparative more humanitarian, superlative most humanitarian)

Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

Translations

concerned with people's welfare

Armenian: հումանիտար (hy) (humanitar)
Bulgarian: хуманен (bg) (humanen), човечен (bg) (čovečen)
Catalan: humanitari m, humanitària f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人道主義的 (zh), 人道主义的 (zh) (réndàozhǔyì de)
Czech: humanitární (cs)
Esperanto: homama
Finnish: humanitaarinen (fi)
French: humanitaire (fr), humanitariste (fr) m, f
Georgian: ჰუმანიტარული (humaniṭaruli)
German: humanitär (de)

Greek: ανθρωπιστικός (el) (anthropistikós)
Irish: daonchairdiúil
Japanese: 人道主義的な (jindōshugiteki-na)
Korean: 박애의 (bagae-ui), 인도주의 (ko) (indojuui)
Luganda: obuyambi
Portuguese: humanitário (pt)
Romanian: umanitar (ro) m
Russian: гуманита́рный (ru) (gumanitárnyj), (humane) гума́нный (ru) (gumánnyj)
Spanish: humanitario
Swedish: humanitär (sv)
Tagalog: mapagkawanggawa

Noun

humanitarian (plural humanitarians)

A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

Derived terms

humanitarianism

Translations

person with humanitarian concerns

Bulgarian: хуманист m (humanist)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人道主義者
French: humanitariste (fr) m, f, humaniste (fr) m, f
Georgian: ჰუმანიტარი (humaniṭari)
Japanese: 人道主義者 (じんどうしゅぎしゃ, jindōshugisha)

Korean: 인도적 (ko) (indojeok)
Portuguese: humanitário (pt) m
Romanian: umanist (ro) m, umanitarist (ro) m
Russian: гумани́ст (ru) m (gumaníst), гумани́стка (ru) f (gumanístka)
Spanish: humanitario
Tagalog: mapagkawanggawa

Further reading

humanitarian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
humanitarian in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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