mand

See also: Mand and mänd

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mænd/, /mɑːnd/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Introduced by B. F. Skinner.

Noun

mand (plural mands)

  1. (psychology) A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.

Verb

mand (third-person singular simple present mands, present participle manding, simple past and past participle manded)

  1. (psychology) To produce a mand (verbal operant).

Noun

mand (plural mands)

  1. (obsolete) A demand.

References

  • mand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse *mannʀ, (west) maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mannz, *man(n)ô, cognate with Norwegian mann, Swedish man, English man, German Mann. Doublet of man.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˀ/, [ˈmænˀ]
  • Rhymes: -and

Noun

mand c (singular definite manden, plural indefinite mænd)

  1. man (adult male human)
  2. husband (male spouse)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

mand f (plural manden, diminutive mandje n)

  1. basket (receptacle, traditionally made of wicker, now also fequently of plastic)
    Synonym: korf

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mandjie (from the diminutive)
  • Caribbean Hindustani: mánki
  • Mohegan-Pequot: manodah
  • Saramaccan: mánda

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mand m (definite singular manden, indefinite plural mænd, definite plural mændene)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mann

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mandu (basket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑnd/

Noun

mand f

  1. basket

Declension

Welsh

Noun

mand

  1. Nasal mutation of band.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
band fand mand unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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