humanity

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• US: /hjuˈmænɪti/
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Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَشَرِيَّة (bašariyya) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Arabic: آدَمِيَّة (ʔādamiyya) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Armenian: մարդկություն (mardkutʻyun) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Basque: gizatasun — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Belarusian: чалаве́цтва (čalavjéctva) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Bulgarian: чове́чество (čovéčestvo) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Catalan: humanitat — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Chinese Mandarin: 人類 /人类 (rénlèi) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Czech: lidstvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Czech: lidé — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Dutch: mensheid — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Dutch: mensdom — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Dutch: mensengeslacht — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Esperanto: homaro — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Estonian: inimkond — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Finnish: ihmiskunta — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• French: humanité — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Galician: humanidade — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Georgian: კაცობრიობა (ḳacobrioba) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Georgian: ადამიანთა მოდგმა (adamianta modgma) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• German: Menschheit — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Greek: ανθρωπότητα (anthropótita) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Hindi: मानवजाति (mānavjāti) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Hindi: मानवता (mānavtā) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Hungarian: emberiség — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Icelandic: mannkyn — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Italian: umanità — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Japanese: 人類 (jinrui) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Khmer: មនុស្សជាតិ (mĕəʼnuhsaʼciət) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Korean: 인류 (illyu) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Korean: 인간 (in'gan) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Central Kurdish: مرۆڤایەتی (mirovayetî) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Northern Kurdish: mirovatî — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Ladino: umanidad — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Lao: ມະນຸດສະຊາດ (ma nut sa sāt) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Latvian: cilvēce — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Lithuanian: žmonija — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Low German: Minschheit — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Low German: Menschheit — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Macedonian: човештво (čoveštvo) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Māori: hunga tāngata — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Māori: mātātangata — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Middle English: mankyn — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Middle English: mankynde — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Old English: mancynn — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Iranian Persian: بَشَر (bašar) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Iranian Persian: بَشَرِیَّت (bašariyyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Iranian Persian: آدَمِیَّت (âdamiyyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Iranian Persian: اِنْسانِیَّت (ensâniyyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Polish: ludzkość — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Portuguese: humanidade — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Quechua: runakay — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Romanian: umanitate — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Romanian: omenire — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Russian: челове́чество (čelovéčestvo) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: човеча̀нство — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: човјеча̀нство — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: љу̀дство — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: čovečànstvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: čovječànstvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: ljùdstvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Slovak: ľudstvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Slovene: človeštvo — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Upper Sorbian: čłowječnosć — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Spanish: humanidad — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Swedish: mänsklighet — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Tagalog: sangkatauhan — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Tajik: башарият (bašariyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Tajik: инсоният (insoniyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Tajik: башар (bašar) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Tajik: одамият (odamiyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Thai: มนุษยชาติ (má-nút-sà-yá-châat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Turkish: insanlık — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Turkish: insaniyet — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Turkish: ademiyet — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Ukrainian: лю́дство (ljúdstvo) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Urdu: آدَم زاد (ādam zād) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Urdu: بَشَرِیَت (baśariyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Urdu: آدْمِیَت (ādmiyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Urdu: اِنْسانِیَت (insāniyat) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Urdu: بَشَر (baśar) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Vietnamese: nhân loại — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Vietnamese: loài người — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Welsh: dynoliaeth — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Yiddish: מענטשהייט (mentshheyt) — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Zulu: isintu — human beings as a group — see also mankind
• Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya) — human condition
• Arabic: بَشَرِيَّة (bašariyya) — human condition
• Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek) — human condition
• Belarusian: чалаве́чнасць (čalavjéčnascʹ) — human condition
• Belarusian: чалаве́чнасьць (čalavjéčnasʹcʹ) — human condition
• Belarusian: лю́дзкасць (ljúdzkascʹ) — human condition
• Belarusian: лю́дзкасьць (ljúdzkasʹcʹ) — human condition
• Bulgarian: чове́чност (čovéčnost) — human condition
• Catalan: humanitat — human condition
• Chichewa: umunthu — human condition
• Czech: lidskost — human condition
• Czech: lidství — human condition
• Danish: menneskelighed — human condition
• Dutch: mensheid — human condition
• Estonian: inimsus — human condition
• Finnish: ihmisyys — human condition
• French: humanité — human condition
• Georgian: ადამიანობა (adamianoba) — human condition
• German: Humanität — human condition
• German: Menschlichkeit — human condition
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (manniskōdus) — human condition
• Greek: ανθρώπινη υπόσταση (anthrópini ypóstasi) — human condition
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθρωπότης (anthrōpótēs) — human condition
• Herero: omundo — human condition
• Italian: umanità — human condition
• Japanese: 人間性 (ningensei) — human condition
• Kazakh: адамдық (adamdyq) — human condition
• Kikuyu: umundu — human condition
• Kongo: kimuntu — human condition
• Korean: 인간성 (in'ganseong) — human condition
• Northern Kurdish: mirovatî — human condition
• Latin: humanitas — human condition
• Luhya: omundu — human condition
• Macedonian: човечност (čovečnost) — human condition
• Māori: koutangata — human condition
• Meru: munto — human condition
• Middle English: humanyte — human condition
• Old English: mennisċnes — human condition
• Polish: człowieczeństwo — human condition
• Portuguese: humanidade — human condition
• Russian: челове́чность (čelovéčnostʹ) — human condition
• Rwanda-Rundi: ubuntu — human condition
• Shona: unhu — human condition
• Shona: hunhu — human condition
• Slovak: ľudskosť — human condition
• Slovak: ľudstvo — human condition
• Slovene: človečnost — human condition
• Sotho: botho — human condition
• Swahili: utu — human condition
• Swedish: mänsklighet — human condition
• Tonga (Zambia): tibuntu — human condition
• Tooro: obuntu class 14 — human condition
• Tswana: botho — human condition
• Turkish: insanlık — human condition
• Turkish: insaniyet — human condition
• Ukrainian: лю́дяність (ljúdjanistʹ) — human condition
• Xhosa: ubuntu — human condition
• Zulu: ubuntu — human condition
• Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya) — quality of being benevolent
• Arabic: بَشَرِيَّة (bašariyya) — quality of being benevolent
• Armenian: մարդկություն (mardkutʻyun) — quality of being benevolent
• Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek) — quality of being benevolent
• Bashkir: кешелеклек (keşeleklek) — quality of being benevolent
• Bashkir: кешелеклелек (keşeleklelek) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: чалаве́чнасць (čalavjéčnascʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: чалаве́чнасьць (čalavjéčnasʹcʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: лю́дзкасць (ljúdzkascʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: лю́дзкасьць (ljúdzkasʹcʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: гума́ннасць (humánnascʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Belarusian: гума́ннасьць (humánnasʹcʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Bengali: মানবতা (manbota) — quality of being benevolent
• Bengali: মনুষ্যত্ব — quality of being benevolent
• Bengali: ইনসানিয়াত (insaniẏat) — quality of being benevolent
• Bulgarian: хума́нност (humánnost) — quality of being benevolent
• Catalan: humanitat — quality of being benevolent
• Czech: lidskost — quality of being benevolent
• Czech: humanita — quality of being benevolent
• Czech: humánnost — quality of being benevolent
• Dutch: menselijkheid — quality of being benevolent
• Dutch: menslievendheid — quality of being benevolent
• Dutch: humaniteit — quality of being benevolent
• Esperanto: humaneco — quality of being benevolent
• Estonian: inimlikkus — quality of being benevolent
• Estonian: humaansus — quality of being benevolent
• Finnish: humaanisuus — quality of being benevolent
• French: humanité — quality of being benevolent
• Galician: humanidade — quality of being benevolent
• Georgian: ადამიანურობა (adamianuroba) — quality of being benevolent
• German: Humanität — quality of being benevolent
• German: Menschlichkeit — quality of being benevolent
• Greek: ανθρωπιά (anthropiá) — quality of being benevolent
• Hindi: मानवता (mānavtā) — quality of being benevolent
• Hungarian: emberség — quality of being benevolent
• Irish: cineáltas — quality of being benevolent
• Italian: benevolenza — quality of being benevolent
• Kazakh: адамгершілік (adamgerşılık) — quality of being benevolent
• Northern Kurdish: mirovatî — quality of being benevolent
• Latvian: cilvēcība — quality of being benevolent
• Latvian: cilvēcigums — quality of being benevolent
• Latvian: humanitāte — quality of being benevolent
• Malayalam: മനുഷ്യത്വം (manuṣyatvaṁ) — quality of being benevolent
• Middle English: humanyte — quality of being benevolent
• Old English: mennisċlīcnes — quality of being benevolent
• Polish: człowieczeństwo — quality of being benevolent
• Polish: humanitaryzm — quality of being benevolent
• Polish: humanitarność — quality of being benevolent
• Portuguese: humanidade — quality of being benevolent
• Portuguese: benevolência — quality of being benevolent
• Romanian: bunătate — quality of being benevolent
• Romanian: benevolență — quality of being benevolent
• Russian: челове́чность (čelovéčnostʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Russian: гума́нность (gumánnostʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Swedish: mänsklighet — quality of being benevolent
• Swedish: medmänsklighet — quality of being benevolent
• Turkish: insani — quality of being benevolent
• Ukrainian: лю́дяність (ljúdjanistʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Ukrainian: гума́нність (humánnistʹ) — quality of being benevolent
• Vietnamese: nhân tính — quality of being benevolent
• Zulu: ubuntu — quality of being benevolent