humane

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). Cognate with Old English guma (“man”), whence the groom in English bridegroom. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hjuːˈmeɪn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /hjuˈmeɪn/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /hjʉːˈmæɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Adjective === humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane) Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric. Obsolete spelling of human. ==== Synonyms ==== mankindly ==== Antonyms ==== inhuman, inhumane, nonhumane ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Humean == Danish == === Adjective === humane definite singular of human plural of human == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huˈmane/ Rhymes: -ane Syllabification: hu‧ma‧ne === Adverb === humane humanely == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === humane inflection of human: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Latin == === Etymology === From hūmānus (“humane, noble”). === Adverb === hūmānē (comparative hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē) humanly, in a human manner. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner. ==== Synonyms ==== (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus ==== Related terms ==== === References === “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “humane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === humane definite singular of human plural of human == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === humane definite singular of human plural of human == Portuguese == === Verb === humane inflection of humanar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English humain, humayne, humaigne from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). === Adjective === humane (comparative mair humane, superlative maist humane) of humans; having the good qualities of mankind humanly, pertaining or natural to mankind === Further reading === “humane”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Verb === humane inflection of humanar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Adjective === humane definite natural masculine singular of human