"man-made" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: man + made Etymology templates: {{compound|en|man|made}} man + made Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} man-made (not comparable)
  1. Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: human-made, person-made, manmade Hyponyms: woman-made Translations (created by a human): изкуствен (izkustven) (Bulgarian), направен от човек (napraven ot čovek) (Bulgarian), 人為的 (Chinese Mandarin), 人为的 (rénwéi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 人造的 (rénzào de) (Chinese Mandarin), 人工的 (réngōng de) (Chinese Mandarin), door mensenhanden gemaakt (Dutch), ihmisen tekemä (Finnish), ihmisten tekemä (Finnish), keinotekoinen (Finnish), synthétique (French), de main d’homme (French), menschengemacht (German), ανθρωπογενής (anthropogenís) (Greek), מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם (ma'asé ydéy adám) (Hebrew), mesterséges (Hungarian), ember alkotta (Hungarian), manngerður (Icelandic), tilbúinn (Icelandic), saorga (Irish), de dhéantús an duine (Irish), 人工 (jinkō) (alt: じんこう) (Japanese), മനുഷ്യനിർമ്മിത (manuṣyaniṟmmita) (Malayalam), menneskeskapt (Norwegian Bokmål), menneskeskapt (Norwegian Nynorsk), sztuczny (Polish), syntetyczny (Polish), artificial (Portuguese), artificial (Romanian), иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) (Russian), рукотво́рный (rukotvórnyj) (Russian), artificial (Spanish), hecho por el hombre (Spanish), konstgjord (Swedish), insan mamulü (obsolecent) (Turkish), insan yapımı (Turkish), yapay (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-man-made-en-adj-xfOAYgJc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms with redundant script codes

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          "word": "ανθρωπογενής"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ma'asé ydéy adám",
          "sense": "created by a human",
          "word": "מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "created by a human",
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "created by a human",
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          "sense": "created by a human",
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      "sense": "created by a human",
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      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "ihmisen tekemä"
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      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "ihmisten tekemä"
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      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "synthétique"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "de main d’homme"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "menschengemacht"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anthropogenís",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "ανθρωπογενής"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ma'asé ydéy adám",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "mesterséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "ember alkotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "manngerður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "tilbúinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "saorga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "de dhéantús an duine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じんこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jinkō",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "人工"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "manuṣyaniṟmmita",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "മനുഷ്യനിർമ്മിത"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "menneskeskapt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "menneskeskapt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "sztuczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "syntetyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "artificial"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "artificial"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskússtvennyj",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "иску́сственный"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "created by a human",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "artificial"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "hecho por el hombre"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "konstgjord"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "insan mamulü (obsolecent)"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "insan yapımı"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "created by a human",
      "word": "yapay"
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  "word": "man-made"
}

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