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humane
English
Etymology
Variant form of human, now preserved in specialized senses.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hju??me?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Adjective
humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)
- Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
- It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
- As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
- Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
- Obsolete spelling of human
Synonyms
- mankindly
Antonyms
- inhuman, inhumane
Derived terms
- humanely
Related terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Humean
Danish
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hu?mane/
- Hyphenation: hu?ma?ne
Adverb
humane
- humanely
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
humane
- inflection of human:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Etymology
From h?m?nus (“humane, noble”)
Adverb
h?m?n? (comparative h?m?nius, superlative h?m?nissim?)
- humanly, in a human manner.
- humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.
Synonyms
- (humanly): h?m?niter, h?m?nitus
- (humanely): h?m?niter, h?m?nitus
Related terms
References
- humane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- humane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Spanish
Verb
humane
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of humanar.
Swedish
Adjective
humane
- absolute definite natural masculine form of human.
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individual
English
Alternative forms
- individuall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ind?vidu?lis, from Latin ind?viduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of ind?viduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + d?viduus (“divisible”), from d?vid? (“divide”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d??u.?l/, /??nd??v?d??w?l/, /??nd??v?d???l/, /??nd??-/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d????l/, /??nd??v?d???l/, /??nd??-/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d???.?l/, /??nd??v?d???l/
Noun
individual (plural individuals)
- A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
- (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
- 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
- Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
- 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
- An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
- (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Translations
Adjective
individual (comparative more individual, superlative most individual)
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
- Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
- Not divisible without losing its identity.
Synonyms
- (relating to a single person or thing): single, self-standing
- (intended for a single person or thing): personal, single
Antonyms
- (relating to a single person or thing): collective
- (intended for a single person or thing): group, joint, shared
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- individual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- individual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "individual" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 161.
Catalan
Noun
individual (masculine and feminine plural individuals)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualisme
- individualista
- individualitzar
- individualment
Related terms
- individu
- individualitat
Further reading
- “individual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Adjective
individual m or f (plural individuais)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualizar
- individualmente
Related terms
- individuo
- individualidade
Further reading
- “individual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?.d??i.vi.du.?aw/
Adjective
individual m or f (plural individuais, comparable)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualmente
Further reading
- “individual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French individuel
Adjective
individual m or n (feminine singular individual?, masculine plural individuali, feminine and neuter plural individuale)
- individual
Declension
Related terms
- individualism
- individualist
- individualitate
Spanish
Adjective
individual (plural individuales)
- individual
- case-by-case
- one-on-one (e.g., relationship or bond)
- one-man (e.g., a one-man show)
- personal, individualized
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualizar
- individualmente
- persecución individual
Related terms
- individuo
- individualidad
Noun
individual m (plural individuales)
- place mat
Further reading
- “individual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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- what individual rights
- what individual rights are protected by the constitution
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