From the nounman
-man (plural -men feminine -woman
Someone (possibly implied male) who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity.horse -man → horseman sports -man → sportsman Someone (possibly implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area.law -man → lawman news -man → newsman Someone (possibly implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.free -man → freeman ice -man → iceman super -man → superman Someone (possibly implied male) who has a particular nationality.Scots -man → Scotsman Dutch -man → Dutchman China -man → Chinaman Yorkshire -man → Yorkshireman A man whose name begins with the preceding letter.H -man → H-man ( “ man whose name starts with H, e.g. Harry ” ) J -man → J-man ( “ man whose name starts with an J ” ) A ship which has special characteristics relating to a trade or area.Guinea -man → Guineaman ( “ ship of the West African slave trade ” ) East India -man → East Indiaman merchant -man → merchantman Greenland -man → Greenlandman ( “ a whaling ship ” ) China -man → Chinaman ( “ sailing ship engaged in the Old China Trade ” ) To more explicitly include people regardless of gender, the suffix-person police officer policeman Frequently employed in the names of malecomic book superheroes , e.g.Aquaman ,Batman ,Spider-Man ,Superman . The pronunciation can either have a full vowel or a schwa, but they are not in free variation; some words formed with this suffix can be used with only one of the possible pronunciations. See also descendants of man
Akin toRomanian -oman borrowed fromOttoman Turkish ـمان ( -man ) ,[ 1] Slavic [ 2] [ 3]
-man ( originally Tosk ) [ 2]
formsderogatory adjectives andnouns . Synonyms: -laq -luq -lec -rash -vec The vast majority of derived terms also contain the infix-a- ^ Kaleshi, Hasan (1971 ), “The importance of Turkish influence upon word formation in Albanian”, inBalcanica , volume 2,page287f. ↑2.0 2.1 Xhuvani, A. ;Çabej, E. (1962 ),Prapashtesat e gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian) ^ Arapi, Ina (2012 ), Wolfgang Dahmen, editor,Südosteuropäische Romania [1] →ISBN 146 FromAncient Greek -μανής ( -manḗs ) .
-man m feminine -mana
Forms adjectives pertaining to particular manias or addictions .biblio- -man → bibliòman ( “ bibliomaniacal ” ) cocaïna -man → cocaïnòman ( “ addicted to cocaine ” ) -mane -maniac (forms nouns referring to persons suffering from particular manias or addictions )clepto- -man → cleptòman ( “ cleptomaniac ” ) morfina -man → morfinòman ( “ morphine addict ” ) Generally used with a stressed form of theinterfix -o-
FromFrench -mane
-man c
( generally ) -maniac CategoryDanish terms suffixed with -man not found
From the Dutch nounman ( “ man ” ) .
-man m plural -mannen or -lieden or -lui or -mensen
someone (impliedmale ) who is anexpert in anarea sportman sportsman zakenman businessman someone (implied male) who isemployed or holds aposition in an area brandweerman fireman politieman policeman someone (implied male) who hasspecial characteristics relating to an area dolleman madman landsman countryman someone (implied male) who is derived from a particularnationality Engelsman Englishman Fransman Frenchman The plural form of-man is-lieden -lui -mannen -mensen
sportlieden /sportlui sportsmen brandweerlieden /brandweerlui /brandweermannen firemen politiemannen /politiemensen policemen Fransmannen /Fransen Frenchmen Borrowed fromEnglish -man
-man m plural -mans or -men feminine -woman
used to form names of maleprofessions orsportspersons In European and Canadian French, most words with this ending likebusinessman tennisman In sub-Saharan Africa, the suffix is much more productive and, in more slangy language, appended to anything relating to a habitual activity:gbanman ( “ druggie ” ) (Ivory Coast) fromMande gban ( “ drug ” ) ,boukiman ( “ speculator ” ) (Senegal) fromWolof buki ( “ hyena ” ) ,djigboman ( “ magician ” ) (Ivory Coast) fromBété djigbo ( “ fetish ” ) , as well as the more generally usedtaximan ( “ taxi driver ” ) (many countries) andgbakaman ( “ marshrutka-driver ” ) (Ivory Coast) fromgbaka ( “ marshrutka ” ) . FromFrench -ment ( “ -ly ” ) .
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used to form adverbs out of adjectives;-ly FromFrench -mane
-man m
( generally ) -maniac “-man” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromFrench -mane
-man m
( generally ) -maniac “-man” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .-man
allative ordative case; indicates the direction of movement or theindirect object potential mood ; indicates possibility or potentialIPA (key ) : /maŋ/ ,/man/ ,[mã̠ŋ] ,[mɑ̟ŋ] -man
Person suffix, used to derive agent nouns from verbs as well as nouns for people characterised by a trait from nouns and adjectives. -man
Form of-men after the vowels A / I / O / U .
