"mans" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mænz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mans.wav
Rhymes: -ænz Etymology: From man + -s (plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|man|s<id:regular plural><pos:plural suffix>|nocat=1}} man + -s (plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} mans
  1. (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man Tags: Multicultural-London-English, form-of, nonstandard, plural, proscribed Form of: man
    Sense id: en-mans-en-noun-0cp6VViK Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Multicultural Toronto English, Pages with 16 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 3 1 11 9 19 4 15 13 1 1 22
  2. (obsolete) genitive of man Tags: form-of, genitive, obsolete Form of: man
    Sense id: en-mans-en-noun-da2TXPOw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mænz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mans.wav
Rhymes: -ænz Etymology: From man + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|man|s<id:hypocoristic><pos:hypocoristic suffix>}} man + -s (hypocoristic suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|singular only}} mans (singular only)
  1. (slang) Synonym of man Tags: singular, singular-only, slang Synonyms: man [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mans-en-noun-uRrbf0q7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /mænz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mans.wav
Rhymes: -ænz Etymology: From man + -s (third-person singular suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|man#Verb|s<id:third-person singular><pos:third-person singular suffix>|nocat=1}} man + -s (third-person singular suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mans
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of man Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: man
    Sense id: en-mans-en-verb-P3JtnQFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -s (hypocoristic), Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 8 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s (hypocoristic): 34 12 12 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 3 1 11 9 19 4 15 13 1 1 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 12 9 19 2 17 13 1 1 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for mans meaning in English (7.0kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed",
  "path": [
    "mans"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mans",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed",
  "path": [
    "mans"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mans",
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}

{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='singular singular-only singular', tagsets=[('singular', 'singular-only')]",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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