different between human vs epizootic

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

English

Alternative forms

• epizoötic (pentasyllabic senses)
• epizoodic (tetrasyllabic senses)
• epizudic (tetrasyllabic senses)

Etymology

From French épizootique, animal equivalent of epidemic, from épizootie, irregularly formed from Ancient Greek ??? (epí) + ???? (zôion, “animal”).epi- +? zo- +? -otic. Use of the word in the second sense, "an ailment", was likely originally a reference to a particular epizootic ailment. Both senses are attested since at least the 1800s, and the pronunciation with five syllables is explicitly attested since then as well. Dialectal pronunciation of the second sense with four syllables is attested since at least the 1910s in spellings like "epizudic" and is suggested by 1870s references to a shortened form of the word, "zooty".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.z??w?t?k/, /?p?.zo???t?k/
• (dialectal, especially in the sense ‘an ailment’) IPA^(key): /?p??zu?d?k/

Noun

epizootic (plural epizootics)

1. (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare epidemic.

   At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs.
2. A particular epizootic disease.
   • 1856, On the epizootic lately affecting lambs, in The Veterinarian; or Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science for 1856, volume XXIX-II, fourth series, edited by Morton and Simonds, page 450:

     A surgeon in the town has also informed me, that a person requested him to prescribe for some lambs affected with the epizootic, and he gave them Epsom salts and opium, with, as he said, very good effect.

3. (dialectal, humorous, often in the plural) A disease or ailment (of humans).

   Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.

   • 1873, Jeramiah Juniur Blows His Bugle, in Gem of the West and Soliders' Friend, seventh year, January 1873, page 378:

     Last fall, when Dad had the Epizootic; no, I don't mean that, tho I did think he had em, but when the Chicargar hosses got the Epizootic, Dad got all fired mad caus that xpressman didn't cum round to move the rest of our traps.

   • 1977, Dear Sammy: Letters from Getrude Stein and Alice Toklas, edited by Samuel M. Steward, page 237:

     Never do I have colds — but I got the epizootics(?) and sneezed my head off — twenty three times yesterday.

Usage notes

Used in the second sense to mean "an ailment", it is often preceded by the definite article ("the epizootic"), is often plural in form ("the epizootics"), and is sometimes written "(the) epizoodic".

Adjective

epizootic (comparative more epizootic, superlative most epizootic)

1. (epidemiology) Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.

   Epizootic plague occurred in the mice following introduction of rats from Europe.

   • 1913, J. J. Desmond, An enzootic of contagious abortion in cattle, in the American Journal of Veterinary Medicine, September 1913, volume VIII, number 9, page 470:

     As much attention is being drawn to the subject of epizootic abortion in bovines, [...]

   • 1919 March 19, author not named, The Mud Larks, in Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, 2004 Gutenberg edition,

     I handed it back to him, explaining that he had come to the wrong shop--unless he were a horse, of course. If he were and could provide his own nosebag, head-stall and Army Form 1640, testifying that he was guiltless of mange, ophthalmia or epizootic lymphangitis, I would do what I could for him.

   • 1933, British Veterinary Journal, Volume 89, page 74,

     The parasites important in Britain do, however, by themselves constitute a most serious source of loss to pig breeders — probably at least as serious as that caused by the various more spectacular but more epizootic bacterial diseases.

2. (geology, rare) Containing fossils.
   • 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays, pages 160-161:

     Hence their primary division is into primeval and secondary or Epizootic. And the epizootic mountains are still farther distinguishable into original and derivative.

3. Relating to epizoa; epizoic.

Antonyms

• enzootic

Derived terms

• antiepizootic
• epizootically
• epizootize

Related terms

• epizoology
• panzootic
• zootic
• epidemic
• pandemic
• endemic

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French épizootique

Adjective

epizootic m or n (feminine singular epizootic?, masculine plural epizootici, feminine and neuter plural epizootice)

1. epizootic

Declension