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human being en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/

Etymology

From human (adjective) + being (noun). The word human was originally an adjective, thus requiring a base noun.

Meanings

1. A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
   • He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, VII xiv:
   • The book argues that leftists don’t deserve the status of human beings — that they are, as the title says, unhumans — and that they are waging a shadow war against all that is good and decent, which will end in apocalyptic slaughter if they are not stopped. 2024 August 5, Michelle Goldberg, “JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024:
2. Any member of the genus Homo, including extinct species.
   • A specific part of the left hemisphere, known as Broca's area, which is associated in modern humans with speech production, has already been observed in casts of the brain of homo habilis, the first human being to make tools 2007, K. Kotsakis, “Tools and language”, in A.F. Christidis, editor, A History of Ancient Greek, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
   • At several sites in Zambia, archaeologists have found stone tools dating back more than 200,000 years. The people who created these tools were probably Homo erectus, an early type of human being. 2009, B. Waters, Zambia in Pictures, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 20:
   • As Australopithecus evolved into the first human being, Homo habilis, and then into the species, Homo sapiens, we have evolved as social beings 2002, Hyun Höchsmann, On Peter Singer, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, →ISBN, page 2:
   • Who was the first human being to pray? Perhaps he or she was a member of Homo habilis, the first truly human species, who roamed the gorges and plains of sub-Saharan Africa about two million years ago, or perhaps a member of Homo erectus (1.6 million—300,000 B.C.E.), Homo habilis’s immediate descendants, who spread across half the globe, from the eastern plains of Asia to the valleys of northern Europe. 2006, P. & C. Zaleski, Prayer: A History, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 15:
   • Probably the first human being infected by Taenia solium was the Homo ergaster [1, 2]. Therefore, the history of epileptic seizures began at the Lower Pleistocene (between 1.51 and 1.56 million years ago) when H. ergaster lived. 2018, H. Foyaca-Sibat, L.F. Ibañez-Valdés, “Introductory Chapter”, in H. Foyaca-Sibat, editor, Seizures, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2:
   • The category “human being” is a biological one, and Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and Homo floresiensis all belong in it. 2006, M.S. Green, Engaging Philosophy, Hackett, →ISBN, page 143:
   • The first real human beings in China lived about 600,000 years ago. Fossils of Gigantopithecus, a Latin name for Giant Ape, were dug up at Lan-t'ien in the early 1960s. Though they looked a lot like apes, the Lan-t'ien people were among the first of our species to make tools. 1983, Valjean McLenighan, China, A History to 1949, Chicago: Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
   • We have an idea that the first human being, Homo habilis, was the fruit of an Australopithecus – either africanus or garhi – and that it subsequently developed into the upright human Homo erectus, from which both the Neanderthal and the modern human being derive 2014, S. Rasmussen, The Greatest Safari: In the Beginning Was Africa, 30 Degrees South, →ISBN, pages 223–224:

Forms

Relateds

ape

Synonyms

human bean · sapiens · human · man · naked ape · person · featherless biped · woman

Translations (245)

koi морт (person — see also man/translations, person) · ml മനുഷ്യൻ (person — see also man/translations, person) · sah киһи (person — see also man/translations, person) · hi आदमी (person — see also man/translations, person) · es ser humano (person — see also man/translations, person) · gag kişi (person — see also man/translations, person) · cv ҫын (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh čeljad (person — see also man/translations, person) · fr humain (person — see also man/translations, person) · kix khèunyòh (person — see also man/translations, person) · xal күн (person — see also man/translations, person) · mk лу́ѓе (person — see also man/translations, person) · sk ľudská bytosť (person — see also man/translations, person) · de menschliches Wesen (person — see also man/translations, person) · kk кісі (person — see also man/translations, person) · sl ljudjé (person — see also man/translations, person) · si මිනිසා (person — see also man/translations, person) · fa انسان (person — see also man/translations, person) · cs lidská bytost (person — see also man/translations, person) · haw kanaka (person — see also man/translations, person) · gu માનવ (person — see also man/translations, person) · fi ihminen (person — see also man/translations, person) · uz kishi (person — see also man/translations, person) · gu મનુષ્ય (person — see also man/translations, person) · ce адам (person — see also man/translations, person) · mhr айдеме (person — see also man/translations, person) · bua хүн (person — see also man/translations, person) · twf tʼóyna (person — see also man/translations, person) · ky адам (person — see also man/translations, person) · sw binadamu (person — see also man/translations, person) · bn মানুষ (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh čȍvjek (person — see also man/translations, person) · ur آدمی (person — see also man/translations, person) · fr être humain (person — see also man/translations, person) · my ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် (person — see also man/translations, person) · inh саг (person — see also man/translations, person) · ky киши (person — see also man/translations, person) · egy r:T-A1 (person — see also man/translations, person) · ru челове́к (person — see also man/translations, person) · sa जन (person — see also man/translations, person) · bn মানব (person — see also man/translations, person) · lez инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · krc адам (person — see also man/translations, person) · hy մարդ (person — see also man/translations, person) · krl mies (person — see also man/translations, person) · csm míw·y- (person — see also man/translations, person) · ga neach daonna (person — see also man/translations, person) · av чи (person — see also man/translations, person) · ia persona (person — see also man/translations, person) · hu ember (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh čȍvek (person — see also man/translations, person) · gl ser humano (person — see also man/translations, person) · frm estre humain (person — see also man/translations, person) · ki mũndũ (person — see also man/translations, person) · ug ئىنسان (person — see also man/translations, person) · tr insan (person — see also man/translations, person) · ar إِنْس (person — see also man/translations, person) · ckb ئادەمیزاد (person — see also man/translations, person) · ko 사람 (person — see also man/translations, person) · ay jaqi (person — see also man/translations, person) · ta மனிதன் (person — see also man/translations, person) · sip སྐྱེས་བུ (person — see also man/translations, person) · tt кеше (person — see also man/translations, person) · tzo krixchano (person — see also man/translations, person) · th คน (person — see also man/translations, person) · tr âdemoğlu (person — see also man/translations, person) · lbe адимана (person — see also man/translations, person) · fr homme (person — see also man/translations, person) · bg лю́де (person — see also man/translations, person) · cy dyn (person — see also man/translations, person) · wo nit (person — see also man/translations, person) · my လူ (person — see also man/translations, person) · ja 人間 (person — see also man/translations, person) · swb mwanadamu (person — see also man/translations, person) · mn хүн (person — see also man/translations, person) · iu inuk (inuk) (person — see also man/translations, person) · eo homo (person — see also man/translations, person) · st motho (person — see also man/translations, person) · so dad (person — see also man/translations, person) · ba инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · id orang (person — see also man/translations, person) · sa मनुष्य (person — see also man/translations, person) · sd اِنسانُ (person — see also man/translations, person) · si තැනැත්තා (person — see also man/translations, person) · sl člôvek (person — see also man/translations, person) · mk чо́век (person — see also man/translations, person) · ab ауаҩы (person — see also man/translations, person) · udm адями (person — see also man/translations, person) · kok मनिषु (person — see also man/translations, person) · ar نَاس (person — see also man/translations, person) · hit 𒀭𒌅𒉿𒀪𒄩𒀸 (person — see also man/translations, person) · kmr mirov (person — see also man/translations, person) · lut ʔaciɬtalbixʷ (person — see also man/translations, person) · tyv кижи (person — see also man/translations, person) · dv އިންސާނުން (person — see also man/translations, person) · tk kişi (person — see also man/translations, person) · rom manuś (person — see also man/translations, person) · tt инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · pa ਮਨੁੱਖ (person — see also man/translations, person) · az insan (person — see also man/translations, person) · ka ადამიანი (person — see also man/translations, person) · ja 人 (person — see also man/translations, person) · scn omu (person — see also man/translations, person) · sw mwanadamu (person — see also man/translations, person) · gag insan (person — see also man/translations, person) · sk človek (person — see also man/translations, person) · am ሰው (person — see also man/translations, person) · sq njeri (person — see also man/translations, person) · tg одам (person — see also man/translations, person) · crh insan (person — see also man/translations, person) · te మగవాడు (person — see also man/translations, person) · km ជន (person — see also man/translations, person) · sk ľudia (person — see also man/translations, person) · tk adam (person — see also man/translations, person) · arc אנשא (person — see also man/translations, person) · uk лю́ди (person — see also man/translations, person) · uz inson (person — see also man/translations, person) · hi मनुष्य (person — see also man/translations, person) · ain アイヌ (person — see also man/translations, person) · lo ຄົນ (person — see also man/translations, person) · km មនុស្ស (person — see also man/translations, person) · shi afgan (person — see also man/translations, person) · fi ihminen (any member of the genus Homo) · he אָדָם (person — see also man/translations, person) · scn uòmunu (person — see also man/translations, person) · be лю́дзі (person — see also man/translations, person) · vi người (person — see also man/translations, person) · av гӏадан (person — see also man/translations, person) · uk люди́на (person — see also man/translations, person) · bg хо́ра (person — see also man/translations, person) · ru лю́ди (person — see also man/translations, person) · crh adam (person — see also man/translations, person) · pl człowiek (any member of the genus Homo) · mr माणूस (person — see also man/translations, person) · nv bílaʼashdlaʼii (person — see also man/translations, person) · tr kişi (person — see also man/translations, person) · vi con người (person — see also man/translations, person) · mnc ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (person — see also man/translations, person) · krl ihmine (person — see also man/translations, person) · az adam (person — see also man/translations, person) · szl čowjek (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh љу̑ди (person — see also man/translations, person) · cmn 人類 /人类 (person — see also man/translations, person) · ce стаг (person — see also man/translations, person) · az kişi (person — see also man/translations, person) · fr humaine (person — see also man/translations, person) · ur منشیه (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh ljȗdi (person — see also man/translations, person) · ps انسان (person — see also man/translations, person) · te మనిషి (person — see also man/translations, person) · hi इंसान (person — see also man/translations, person) · tg инсон (person — see also man/translations, person) · koi морт (any member of the genus Homo) · ja 人類 (person — see also man/translations, person) · lo ບຸຣຸດ (person — see also man/translations, person) · mhr еҥ (person — see also man/translations, person) · ia esser human (person — see also man/translations, person) · kn ಮಾನವ (person — see also man/translations, person) · lad אומברי (person — see also man/translations, person) · ko 인류 (person — see also man/translations, person) · oc òme (person — see also man/translations, person) · uz odam (person — see also man/translations, person) · bg чове́к (person — see also man/translations, person) · de Mensch (person — see also man/translations, person) · nb menneske (any member of the genus Homo) · pl człowiek (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh čeljade (person — see also man/translations, person) · krc киши (person — see also man/translations, person) · cjs кижи (person — see also man/translations, person) · ka კაცი (person — see also man/translations, person) · arc ܐܢܫܐ (person — see also man/translations, person) · kl inuk (person — see also man/translations, person) · mi tangata (person — see also man/translations, person) · yo ènìyàn (person — see also man/translations, person) · pa ਇਨਸਾਨ (person — see also man/translations, person) · arz بنى آدم (person — see also man/translations, person) · ur انسان (person — see also man/translations, person) · tk ynsaan (person — see also man/translations, person) · tl tao (person — see also man/translations, person) · mdf ломань (person — see also man/translations, person) · sn murume (person — see also man/translations, person) · dar инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · ga duine (person — see also man/translations, person) · th มนุษย์ (person — see also man/translations, person) · fa آدمی (person — see also man/translations, person) · ady цӏыфы (person — see also man/translations, person) · ar إِنْسَان (person — see also man/translations, person) · bo མི། (person — see also man/translations, person) · ms orang (person — see also man/translations, person) · os адӕймаг (person — see also man/translations, person) · tk ynsan (person — see also man/translations, person) · ba кеше (person — see also man/translations, person) · gd duine (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh чо̏век (person — see also man/translations, person) · ia homine (person — see also man/translations, person) · lv cilvēks (person — see also man/translations, person) · lo ມະນຸດ (person — see also man/translations, person) · lbe инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · cu чловѣкъ (person — see also man/translations, person) · sh чо̏вјек (person — see also man/translations, person) · ug ئادەم (person — see also man/translations, person) · kmr meriv (person — see also man/translations, person) · mt bniedem (person — see also man/translations, person) · tt адәм (person — see also man/translations, person) · kaa kisi (person — see also man/translations, person) · pt homem (person — see also man/translations, person) · as মানৱ (person — see also man/translations, person) · fa خاکزاد (person — see also man/translations, person) · alt кижи (person — see also man/translations, person) · ia humano (person — see also man/translations, person) · pdt Mensch (nds) (person — see also man/translations, person) · csb człowiek (person — see also man/translations, person) · ca ésser humà (person — see also man/translations, person) · ca humà (person — see also man/translations, person) · sa मानव (person — see also man/translations, person) · kaa adam (person — see also man/translations, person) · gu પુરુષ (person — see also man/translations, person) · km ជគត (person — see also man/translations, person) · zu umuntu (person — see also man/translations, person) · gag adam (person — see also man/translations, person) · udm мурт (person — see also man/translations, person) · av инсан (person — see also man/translations, person) · id manusia (person — see also man/translations, person) · ms manusia (person — see also man/translations, person) · si මිනිහා (person — see also man/translations, person) · cs člověk (person — see also man/translations, person) · ba әҙәм (person — see also man/translations, person) · tr insanoğlu (person — see also man/translations, person) · hsb čłowjek (person — see also man/translations, person) · cv этем (person — see also man/translations, person) · hi मानव (person — see also man/translations, person) · lt žmogus (person — see also man/translations, person) · az Adəm oğlu (person — see also man/translations, person) · dar адам (person — see also man/translations, person) · cmn 人 (person — see also man/translations, person) · lez кас (person — see also man/translations, person) · cs lidé (person — see also man/translations, person) · pt ser humano (person — see also man/translations, person) · txb śaumo (person — see also man/translations, person) · ar بَشَر (person — see also man/translations, person) · kk адам (person — see also man/translations, person) · si පුරුෂයා (person — see also man/translations, person) · so aadame (person — see also man/translations, person) · be чалаве́к (person — see also man/translations, person) · pl istota ludzka (person — see also man/translations, person)

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