Standard Lemma guide

mankind

name · noun · 5 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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  • /mænˈkaɪnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N K AY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The 114th sura (chapter) of the Quran

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The human race in its entirety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Human feelings; humanity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • all the world loves a lover
  • she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group, grouping, homo, man, human being, human

History

Etymology

From mankind, man + -kind, translated from Arabic.

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.

Across languages

Translations

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: mensdom — human race
  • Aghwan: 𐕘𐕒𐕡𐕐𐕒𐕡𐔺𐕘𐔰𐕙 (ġušuyġar) — human race
  • Albanian: njerëzim — human race
  • Arabic: بَشَرِيَّة (bašariyya) — human race
  • Arabic: الْجِنْس الْبَشَرِيّ (al-jins al-bašariyy) — human race
  • Arabic: إِنْس (ʔins) — human race
  • Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya) — human race
  • Arabic: آدَمِيَّة (ʔādamiyya) — human race
  • Armenian: մարդկություն (mardkutʻyun) — human race
  • Azerbaijani: bəşər — human race
  • Azerbaijani: bəşəriyyət — human race
  • Azerbaijani: insaniyyət — human race
  • Azerbaijani: insanlıq — human race
  • Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek) — human race
  • Bashkir: әҙәм заты (əźəm zatı) — human race
  • Belarusian: чалаве́цтва (čalavjéctva) — human race
  • Bengali: মানবজাতি (manôbjati) — human race
  • Bulgarian: чове́чество (čovéčestvo) — human race
  • Burmese: လူသားတို့အမျိုး (lusa:tui.a.myui:) — human race
  • Burmese: လူသား (lusa:) — human race
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人類 /人类 (rénlèi) — human race
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芸芸眾生 /芸芸众生 (yúnyúnzhòngshēng) — human race
  • Czech: lidstvo — human race
  • Danish: menneskehed — human race
  • Dutch: mensheid — human race
  • Dutch: mensdom — human race
  • Esperanto: homaro — human race
  • Estonian: inimkond — human race
  • Finnish: ihmiskunta — human race
  • French: humanité — human race
  • French: genre humain — human race
  • Galician: humanidade — human race
  • Galician: xénero humano — human race
  • Georgian: კაცობრიობა (ḳacobrioba) — human race
  • Georgian: ადამიანთა მოდგმა (adamianta modgma) — human race
  • German: Menschheit — human race
  • German: Menschengeschlecht — human race
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs) — human race
  • Greek: ανθρωπότητα (anthropótita) — human race
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνθρώπινον γένος (anthrṓpinon génos) — human race
  • Gujarati: આદમજાત (ādamjāt) — human race
  • Gujarati: માણસજાત (māṇasjāt) — human race
  • Gujarati: મનુષ્યજાતિ (manuṣyajāti) — human race
  • Hebrew: אֱנוֹשׁוּת (enoshút) — human race
  • Hindi: मानवता (mānavtā) — human race
  • Hindi: आदमज़ाद (ādamzād) — human race
  • Hindi: मानवजाति (mānavjāti) — human race
  • Hindi: बशर (baśar) — human race
  • Hungarian: emberiség — human race
  • Icelandic: mannkyn — human race
  • Irish: cine daonna — human race
  • Italian: umanità — human race
  • Italian: genere umano — human race
  • Japanese: 人類 (jinrui) — human race
  • Japanese: 人間 (ningen) — human race
  • Japanese: 人 (hito) — human race
  • Kazakh: адамзат (adamzat) — human race
  • Khmer: មនុស្សជាតិ (mĕəʼnuhsaʼciət) — human race
  • Korean: 인류 (illyu) — human race
  • Korean: 인간 (in'gan) — human race
  • Northern Kurdish: insaniyet — human race
  • Northern Kurdish: mirovatî — human race
  • Kyrgyz: адам баласы (adam balası) — human race
  • Kyrgyz: адамзат (adamzat) — human race
  • Lao: ມະນຸດຊາດ (ma nut sāt) — human race
  • Lao: ມະນຸດສະຊາດ (ma nut sa sāt) — human race
  • Lao: ຊາດມະນຸດ (sāt ma nut) — human race
  • Latin: hūmānitās — human race
  • Latvian: cilvēce — human race
  • Lithuanian: žmonija — human race
  • Macedonian: човештво (čoveštvo) — human race
  • Malay: manusia — human race
  • Malay: insan — human race
  • Malay: bashar — human race
  • Malay: umat — human race
  • Malay: khalayak — human race
  • Malay: makhluk — human race
  • Māori: hunga tāngata — human race
  • Middle English: mankyn — human race
  • Middle English: mankynde — human race
  • Mongolian: хүн төрөлхтөн (xün törölxtön) — human race
  • Navajo: diné — human race
  • Norwegian Bokmål: menneskehet — human race
  • Norwegian Bokmål: menneskeslekt — human race
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: menneskje — human race
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: manneætt — human race
  • Old English: mancynn — human race
  • Pashto: بشريت (bašaryát) — human race
  • Pashto: انسانيت (ensānyát) — human race
  • Iranian Persian: بَشَر (bašar) — human race
  • Iranian Persian: بَشَرِیَّت (bašariyyat) — human race
  • Iranian Persian: آدَمِیَّت (âdamiyyat) — human race
  • Iranian Persian: اِنْسانِیَّت (ensâniyyat) — human race
  • Polish: ludzkość — human race
  • Polish: rodzaj ludzki — human race
  • Polish: gatunek ludzki — human race
  • Portuguese: humanidade — human race
  • Romagnol: umanitê — human race
  • Romanian: omenire — human race
  • Romanian: umanitate — human race
  • Romanian: neamul omenesc — human race
  • Russian: челове́чество (čelovéčestvo) — human race
  • Russian: род людско́й (rod ljudskój) — human race
  • Sanskrit: मानुष्यक (mānuṣyaka) — human race
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac an duine — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: човеча̀нство — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: човјеча̀нство — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: љу̀дство — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovečànstvo — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovječànstvo — human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljùdstvo — human race
  • Slovak: ľudstvo — human race
  • Slovene: človeštvo — human race
  • Upper Sorbian: čłowječnosć — human race
  • Spanish: humanidad — human race
  • Spanish: género humano — human race
  • Spanish: raza humana — human race
  • Swedish: människosläkt — human race
  • Swedish: mänsklighet — human race
  • Tagalog: sangkatauhan — human race
  • Tajik: банибашар (banibašar) — human race
  • Tajik: башарият (bašariyat) — human race
  • Tajik: инсоният (insoniyat) — human race
  • Tajik: башар (bašar) — human race
  • Tajik: одамият (odamiyat) — human race
  • Tatar: кешелек (keşelek) — human race
  • Telugu: నరులు (narulu) — human race
  • Thai: มนุษยชาติ (má-nút-sà-yá-châat) — human race
  • Turkish: insanoğlu — human race
  • Turkish: âdemoğlu — human race
  • Turkish: insanlık — human race
  • Turkish: kişioğlu — human race
  • Turkmen: adamzat — human race
  • Turkmen: ynsanyýet — human race
  • Udmurt: адямивыжы (aďamivyžy) — human race
  • Udmurt: адямилык (aďamilyk) — human race
  • Ukrainian: лю́дство (ljúdstvo) — human race
  • Urdu: آدَم زاد (ādam zād) — human race
  • Urdu: بَشَرِیَت (baśariyat) — human race
  • Urdu: آدْمِیَت (ādmiyat) — human race
  • Urdu: اِنْسانِیَت (insāniyat) — human race
  • Urdu: بَشَر (baśar) — human race
  • Uyghur: ئىنسانىيەت (insaniyet) — human race
  • Uyghur: ئادەمزات (ademzat) — human race
  • Uzbek: insoniyat — human race
  • Uzbek: odamzod — human race
  • Uzbek: bashariyat — human race
  • Uzbek: odamiyat — human race
  • Vietnamese: loài người — human race
  • Vietnamese: nhân loại — human race
  • Yiddish: מענטשהייט (mentshheyt) — human race
  • Zulu: isintu — human race
  • Armenian: տղամարդիկ (tġamardik) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Bulgarian: мъже́те (mǎžéte) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Bulgarian: мъ́жкият род (mǎ́žkijat rod) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Czech: muži — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Esperanto: viraro — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Finnish: miehet — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • French: hommes — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Georgian: კაცები (ḳacebi) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Georgian: კაცობა (ḳacoba) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Georgian: მამრობითი სქესი (mamrobiti skesi) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Georgian: ძლიერი სქესი (ʒlieri skesi) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • German: Männer — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Hungarian: férfiak — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Ingrian: meesrahvas — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Ingrian: meessuku — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Middle English: mankynde — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Old English: wǣpnedcynn — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Polish: mężczyźni — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Russian: мужчи́ны (mužčíny) — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Serbo-Croatian: мушкиње — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Spanish: hombres — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Spanish: varones — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Swedish: manssläkt — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Vietnamese: đàn ông — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Vietnamese: nam giới — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
  • Zulu: isilisa — men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk
Real reading context

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