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human rights

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhjuːmən ˈɹaɪtz/
  • General-American: /ˌhjumən ˈɹaɪtz/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Qualifier: international law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

plural of human right

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From human right + -s (suffix forming plural nouns and pluralia tantum).

Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: menseregte — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Albanian: drejtat e njeriut — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Amharic: ሰብአዊ መብቶች (säbʾäwi mäbtoč) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Antillean Creole: dwazimen — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Arabic: حُقُوق إِنْسَان (ḥuqūq ʔinsān) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Armenian: մարդու իրավունքներ (mardu iravunkʻner) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Assamese: মানৱ অধিকাৰ (manow odhikar) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Asturian: derechos humanos — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Azerbaijani: insan hüquqları — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Bashkir: кеше хоҡуҡтары (keşe xoquqtarı) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Basque: giza eskubideak — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Belarusian: пра́ва чалаве́ка (práva čalavjéka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Belarusian: правы́ чалаве́ка (pravý čalavjéka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Bengali: মানবাধিকার (manōbadhikar) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Bulgarian: права́ на чове́ка (pravá na čovéka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Bulgarian: чове́шки права́ (čovéški pravá) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Burmese: လူ့အခွင့်အရေး (lu.a.hkwang.a.re:) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Buryat: хүнэй эрхэ (xünej erxe) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Carpathian Rusyn: людьскы права (ljudʹskŷ prava) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Catalan: drets humans — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Chechen: адаман бакъонаш (adaman baqʼonaš) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 人權 /人权 (jan4 kyun4) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Chinese: 人權 /人权 (zh-min-nan) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人權 /人权 (rénquán) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Corsican: diretti umani — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Corsican: diritti umani — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Czech: lidská práva — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Danish: menneskerettighederne — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Dutch: mensenrechten — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Dutch: rechten van de mens — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Esperanto: homaj rajtoj — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Estonian: inimõigused — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Faroese: mannarættindi — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Finnish: ihmisoikeudet — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • French: droits humains — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • French: droits de la personne — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • French: droits de l'homme — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • West-Frisian: minskerjochten — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Galician: dereitos humanos — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Georgian: ადამიანის უფლებები (adamianis uplebebi) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • German: Menschenrechte — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Greek: ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα (anthrópina dikaiómata) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Gujarati: માનવીય અધિકારો (mānvīya adhikāro) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hawaiian: pono o ka lāhui kanaka — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hebrew: זְכוּת אָדָם (z'khút adám) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hindi: मानव अधिकार (mānav adhikār) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hindi: इंसानी हक़ (insānī haq) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hindi: मानवाधिकार (mānvādhikār) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Hungarian: emberi jogok — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Icelandic: mannréttindi — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Indonesian: hak asasi manusia — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Irish: cearta daonna — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Irish: cearta an duine — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Italian: diritti umani — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Japanese: 人権 (jinken) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Kannada: ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು (mānava hakkugaḷu) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Kazakh: адам құқықтары (adam qūqyqtary) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Khmer: សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស (setthiʼ mɔɔmɔnuh) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Korean: 인권 (in'gwon) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Central Kurdish: مافی مرۆڤ (mafî mrov) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Northern Kurdish: mafên mirovan — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Kyrgyz: адам укуктары (adam ukuktarı) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Lao: ສິດທິມະນຸດ (sit thi ma nut) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Latin: iura humana — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Latin: iura hominis — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Latvian: cilvēktiesības — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Lithuanian: žmogaus teisės — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Luxembourgish: Mënscherechter — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Macedonian: човекови права (čovekovi prava) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Malay: hak asasi — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Malay: hak-hak kemanusiaan — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Malayalam: മനുഷ്യാവകാശം (manuṣyāvakāśaṁ) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Maltese: drittijiet umani — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Marathi: मानवी हक्क (mānvī hakka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Mongolian: хүний эрх (xünii erx) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠡᠷᠬᠡ (kümün-ü erke) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Nepali: मानव अधिकार (mānav adhikār) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Norman: drouaits d'l'houmme — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: menneskerettigheter — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Occitan: dreches umans — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Occitan: drechs umans — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Odia: ମାନବିକ ଅଧିକାର (mānabika adhikāra) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Pashto: وګړنيز حقوق (wəgəṛnez hoquq) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Pashto: بشري حقونه (bašarī ḥaqqūna) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Dari: حُقُوقِ بَشَر (huqūq-i bašar) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Iranian Persian: حُقوقِ بَشَر (hoġuġ-e bašar) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Picard: droéts umains — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Picard: droéts humains — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Polish: prawa człowieka — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Portuguese: direitos humanos — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Punjabi: ਇਨਸਾਨੀ ਹੱਕ (inasānī hakka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Punjabi: ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (manukkhī adhikār) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Rapa Nui: haka tere iŋa taŋata — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Romanian: drepturile omului — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Russian: пра́во челове́ка (právo čelovéka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Russian: права́ челове́ка (pravá čelovéka) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Sardinian: deretos umanos — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Scots: human richts — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Scottish Gaelic: còraichean daonna — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Serbo-Croatian: људска права — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljudska prava — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Sicilian: dritti umani — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Slovak: ľudské práva — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Slovene: človekove pravice — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Spanish: derechos humanos — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Spanish: DD. HH. — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Swahili: haki za kibinadamu — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Swahili: haki za binadamu — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Swedish: mänskliga rättigheter — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tagalog: karapatang pantao — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tajik: ҳуқуқҳои инсон (huquqho-yi inson) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tajik: ҳуқуқи инсон (huquq-i inson) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tajik: ҳуқуқи башар (huquq-i bašar) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tamil: மனித உரிமைகள் (maṉita urimaikaḷ) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tatar: кеше хокуклары (keşe xoquqları) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Telugu: మానవ హక్కులు (mānava hakkulu) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Thai: สิทธิมนุษยชน (sìt-tí-má-nút-sà-yá-chon) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Tibetan: འགྲོ་བ་མིའི་ཐོབ་ཐང ('gro ba mi'i thob thang) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Turkish: insan hakları — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Turkmen: ynsan hukuklary — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Ukrainian: пра́во люди́ни (právo ljudýny) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Ukrainian: права́ люди́ни (pravá ljudýny) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Urdu: اِنْسانی حُقُوق (insānī huqūq) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Uyghur: ئىنسان ھوقۇقى (insan hoquqi) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Uyghur: كىشىلىك ھوقۇق (kishilik hoquq) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Uyghur: ئىنسانىي ھوقۇق (insaniy hoquq) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Uzbek: inson huquqlari — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Vietnamese: nhân quyền — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Vietnamese: quyền con người — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: abondroets umins — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: droets umins — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: abondroets d' l' ome — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: droets d' l' ome — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: abondroets del djin — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: droets del djin — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Walloon: abondroets des djins — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Welsh: hawliau dynol — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • West Flemish: mensenrechten — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • West Flemish: miensenrechten — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • West Flemish: minsenrechten — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Yakut: киһи бырааба (kihi bïraaba) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Yiddish: מענטשן רעכט (mentshn rekht) — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀tọ́ ọmọnìyàn — set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed