different between mank vs mans

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mænz/

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, Toronto, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man

Noun

mans (singular only)

1. (slang) Synonym of man

Anagrams

• MNAs, MNSA, NASM, mnas

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

• manso, mansoi, mansuet, manyac

Derived terms

• amansir
• mansament

Etymology 2

Noun

mans

1. plural of mà
2. (castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix and helping to support the segon

Further reading

• “mans” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Noun

mans c

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mans

1. (dated, nautical, dialect) plural of man

Galician

Noun

mans m pl

1. plural of man

Gothic

Romanization

mans

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Ladin

Noun

mans

1. plural of man

Latvian

Pronoun

mans (possessive, 1st person singular)

1. my, mine

Declension

Derived terms

• man?js

Swedish

Noun

mans

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

Volapük

Noun

mans

1. nominative plural of man