"unman" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈmæn/ [General-American] Forms: unmans [present, singular, third-person], unmanning [participle, present], unmanned [participle, past], unmanned [past]
Rhymes: -æn Etymology: From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|man|t1=de-, dis-, away|t2=male person}} un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”), {{cog|nl|ontmannen}} Dutch ontmannen, {{cog|de|entmannen}} German entmannen Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unman (third-person singular simple present unmans, present participle unmanning, simple past and past participle unmanned)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To divest of humanity. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-unman-en-verb-rjzgRDdE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 17 23 31 28
  2. (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: emasculate
    Sense id: en-unman-en-verb-Kl-RCQ-D Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 17 23 31 28
  3. (transitive, figurative) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: emasculate
    Sense id: en-unman-en-verb-lRxROOEU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 17 23 31 28
  4. (transitive) To deprive of men. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unman-en-verb-6iZbph55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 16 31 46 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 13 33 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 17 23 31 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unmanner

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈɨ̞nman/ [North-Wales], /ˈɪnman/ [South-Wales]
Rhymes: -ɨ̞nman Etymology: Univerbation of un man (“one place”). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|cy|un man|t1=one place}} Univerbation of un man (“one place”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-}} unman m (uncountable)
  1. a certain place Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-unman-cy-noun-4rbVLDvK Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh univerbations Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Welsh univerbations: 75 25
  2. (in negative expressions) nowhere, anywhere Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms: unlle, nunlle
    Sense id: en-unman-cy-noun-JSYL3G0i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unlle, unfan [usually] Related terms: ble, le, lle (english: where), pobman (english: everywhere), rhywle (english: somewhere), unrhyw le (english: anywhere)

Inflected forms

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