Standard Lemma guide

man-hour

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /mænˈaʊə/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /mænˈaʊɚ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of person-hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: person-hour

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English hour English man-hour From man + hour.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 工時 /工时 (gung1 si4) — amount of work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工時 /工时 (gōngshí) — amount of work
  • Czech: člověkohodina — amount of work
  • Danish: mandetime — amount of work
  • Danish: mandtime — amount of work
  • Dutch: manuur — amount of work
  • Finnish: henkilötyötunti — amount of work
  • French: heure-homme — amount of work
  • German: Arbeitsstunde — amount of work
  • Greek: ανθρωποώρα (anthropoóra) — amount of work
  • Japanese: 人時 (ninji) — amount of work
  • Polish: osobogodzina — amount of work
  • Polish: roboczogodzina — amount of work
  • Russian: рабо́чий час (rabóčij čas) — amount of work
  • Spanish: hora hombre — amount of work
  • Swedish: mantimme — amount of work
  • Ukrainian: робо́чий час (robóčyj čas) — amount of work