mans

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

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mænz/
  • Rhymes: -ænz

Verb

mans

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of man
    Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?

Noun

mans

  1. (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
    • 2014, Peters, Robb, 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.

Noun

mans (singular only)

  1. (slang) Synonym of man
    Whose mans is this?

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

mans

  1. plural of man

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mans/
  • Rhymes: -ans

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

Adjective

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

  1. tame
Synonyms
Derived terms

Noun

mans

  1. plural of
  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

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

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

Derived terms

  • manējs

Swedish

Noun

mans

  1. indefinite genitive singular of man.

Volapük

Noun

mans

  1. nominative plural of man
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