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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English colke.

Alternative forms

• coak (obsolete)

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
   • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.

Derived terms

• biocoke

Translations

Verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

1. (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
2. (intransitive) To turn into coke.
3. (automotive) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.

Derived terms

• decoke
• decoking

Translations

Etymology 2

Originated circa 1908 in American English as a clipping of cocaine.

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

Translations

See also

• coca

Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

1. (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
2. (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).

Synonyms

• (soft drink): see the list at soda

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Hyphenation: coke
• Rhymes: -o?k
• Homophone: kook

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. (chiefly in the plural) coke (type of processed carbon used as fuel)

Usage notes

The singular is less common than the plural form in Dutch, which may also be used like an uncountable singular.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (uncountable)

1. (slang) cocaine, coke

   Synonym: cocaïne

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke (“residue from roasting in a coal oven”).

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. coke (form of carbon)

Derived terms

• cokerie

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke (“cocaine”).

Noun

coke f (plural cokes)

1. coke (cocaine)

Synonyms

• cocaïne

Further reading

• “coke” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

coke m (invariable)

1. coke (form of carbon)

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Latin h?m?nus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective), from humus, with unclear ?. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?(h)ju?.m?n/, [?(ç)ju??m?n], [?(ç)ju??mn?]
• (US) enPR: (h)yo?o?m?n, (h)yo?om?n, IPA^(key): /?(h)ju.m?n/, [?(ç)ju?m?n], [?(ç)ju?mn?]
  • (NYC, some other US dialects) IPA^(key): /?ju.m?n/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /?hju?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -u?m?n
• Hyphenation: hu?man

Adjective

human (comparative more human, superlative most human)

2. (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
3. (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
   • 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’, Business World, Wall Street Journal,

     Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.

Alternative forms

• humane (obsolete)

Synonyms

• mannish, mennish (now rare)

Derived terms

Pages starting with “human”.

Related terms

• humane
• humanitarian
• humanitarianism
• humanity

Translations

Noun

human (plural humans)

2. A human being, whether man, woman or child; a member of the species Homo sapiens.

   Synonyms: human being, man; see also Thesaurus:person

3. A member of the subtribe Hominina, including the neanderthal.

Translations

Verb

human (third-person singular simple present humans, present participle humaning, simple past and past participle humaned)

1. (rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

References

Further reading

• human on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• human in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• human in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• human at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Nahum

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu?man

Verb

human

1. to finish

Adjective

human

1. completed; done

Adverb

human

1. after

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:human.

Danish

Adjective

human

1. human (having the nature or attributes of a human being)
2. humane (something done from love to humanity)

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?ma?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

human (comparative humaner, superlative am humansten)

1. humane

Declension

Related terms

• Humanismus
• Humanist
• humanistisch

Further reading

• “human” in Duden online

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?human/

Verb

human

1. first-person singular present indicative of hupmat

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin h?m?nus.

Adjective

human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)

1. humane

References

• “human” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin h?m?nus.

Adjective

human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)

1. humane

References

• “human” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin h?m?nus.

Adjective

human m (feminine singular humana, masculine plural humans, feminine plural humanas)

1. (Sursilvan) human

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Noun

human m (plural humans)

1. (Sursilvan) (male) human being

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) uman
• (Puter) umaun

Synonyms

• carstgaun

Coordinate terms

• carstgauna, humana

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xûma?n/
• Hyphenation: hu?man

Adjective

h?m?n (definite h?m?n?, comparative humaniji, Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate)

Declension

Spanish

Verb

human

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of humar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of humar.

Swedish

Adjective

human

1. humane, decent, compassionate

2. (of prices) reasonable

Declension