"humain" meaning in French

See humain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /y.mɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-humain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-humain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-humain.wav Forms: humaine [feminine], humains [masculine, plural], humaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin humanus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”), from homo (“man, human”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|fr|fro|humain}} Old French humain, {{uder|fr|la|humanus||of or belonging to a man, human, humane}} Latin humanus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} humain (feminine humaine, masculine plural humains, feminine plural humaines)
  1. human
    Sense id: en-humain-fr-adj-eaVHh2jS Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with mute h, French undefined derivations, Human Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of French terms with mute h: 50 6 44 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 40 32 28 Disambiguation of Human: 48 4 48
  2. humane
    Sense id: en-humain-fr-adj-tNgAiEeg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 40 32 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: humainement, inhumain Related terms: humanité

Noun

IPA: /y.mɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-humain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-humain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-humain.wav Forms: humains [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin humanus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”), from homo (“man, human”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|fr|fro|humain}} Old French humain, {{uder|fr|la|humanus||of or belonging to a man, human, humane}} Latin humanus (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} humain m (plural humains)
  1. human Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-humain-fr-noun-eaVHh2jS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with mute h, French undefined derivations, Human Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of French terms with mute h: 50 6 44 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 40 32 28 Disambiguation of Human: 48 4 48

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-humain.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-humain.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-humain.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-humain.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-humain.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-humain.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "humain"
}

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