different between mand vs mank

English

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).

Etymology 2

Noun

mand (plural mands)

1. (obsolete) A demand.

Anagrams

• MDNA, NDMA, NMDA, damn, mDNA, nam'd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse *mann?, (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): /man?/, [?mæ?n?]
• Rhymes: -and

Noun

mand c (singular definite manden, plural indefinite mænd)

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

• mand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mand
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

mand f (plural manden, diminutive mandje n)

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

   Synonym: korf

Derived terms

• draagmand
• fietsmand
• fruitmand
• hondenmand
• prullenmand
• winkelmand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mandjie (from the diminutive)

Old English

Alternative forms

• mond

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mandu (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nd/

Noun

mand f

1. basket

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

Related terms

• mangle

Etymology 2

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

Adjective

mank (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.

   Synonyms: (slang) manky, (slang) ming, (slang) minging

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch manc (“a limping or lame person”), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Inflection

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken