Wat betekent mens in Engels?

Wat is de betekenis van het woord mens in Engels? Het artikel legt de volledige betekenis uit, de uitspraak samen met tweetalige voorbeelden en instructies voor het gebruik van mens in Engels.

Het woord mens in Engels betekent man, man, mens, mens, bemannen, wow, kijk, zo, poeh, oef, man, vent, echtgenoot, vriend, man, bediende, personeelslid, mannetje, vriend, speler, man, kerel, stuk, -man, bemannen, bemannen, bedienen, man, human, human being, man, man, mister, man, human, mankind, man, man, man, delivery man, odd man out, camera man, camera operator, camera man, camera operator, the man on the street, be a man, cherry picker, boom lift, man lift, basket crane, young man, handyman, courier, messenger, decoyman, decoy-man, artificial, man of the house, Man overboard!, man of few words, man of his word, little man, old man, reclamemaker, reclameman, een man zijn, een man zijn, getuige, holbewoner, gewone man, burger, oplichter, ten dode opgeschreven, vieze oude man, vuilnisman, volwassen man, huurmoordenaar, hoofdrolspeler, als een man, als een man, man van weinig woorden, man van zijn woord, man des huizes, heer des huizes, Man overboord!, mankracht, arbeidskrachten, tussenpersoon, tussenpersoon, tussenpersoon, niemandsland, woestenij, oude man, vriend, oude man, echte man, rechterhand, transman, vuilnisophaler, vuilnisman, arbeider. Raadpleeg de onderstaande details voor meer informatie.

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Betekenis van het woord mens

man

noun (adult male)

The name's Chris? Is that a man or a woman?

man

noun (person)

That man over there is the one that stole my purse.

mens

noun (figurative (humanity)

Is man destined to repeat the mistakes of the past?

mens

noun (uncountable (homo sapiens)

Some people still deny that apes and man are related.

bemannen

transitive verb (staff)

My friends and I manned the booth at the fair.

wow, kijk

interjection (slang (surprise)

Oh man! Look what I just found.

zo, poeh, oef

interjection (slang (exhaustion)

Man! That was a difficult climb of the stairs.

man, vent, echtgenoot, vriend

noun (informal (husband, boyfriend)

Her man fixed the light bulb for her.

man

noun (manly person)

Ooh, look at his muscles! He's such a man!

bediende

noun (valet)

The name of Lord Peter Wimsey's man was Bunter.

personeelslid, mannetje

noun (male subordinate)

I have three men working on the project.

vriend

noun (lover)

Do you have a man, or are you still alone?

speler

noun (sports: male player)

A man from the defence comes up to try to score.

man, kerel

noun (colloquial (term for friend, usu. male)

How are you doing, man?

stuk

noun (also: figurative (chess piece)

He moved his man forward two squares.

-man

noun (fan of) (in samenstelling)

He's a watermelon man, but I prefer apples.

bemannen

transitive verb (military: position)

His job was to man the machine gun while the others used different weapons.

bemannen, bedienen

transitive verb (serve at)

I manned the cash register while Steve poured the beer.

man

(volwassen mannelijk persoon)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

human, human being, man

(hoogst begaafd wezen)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

man

(mannelijk persoon)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mister

(volwassen man) (form of address)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

man, human

(mens, persoon)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mankind, man

(type, soort)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

man

(figuurlijk (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

man

(lid van een groep)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

delivery man

(besteller)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

odd man out

(enkel als dim. (buitenstaander)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

camera man, camera operator

(beroep)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

camera man, camera operator

(persoon met dit beroep)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

the man on the street

(Jan met de pet)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

be a man

(mannelijk zijn)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

cherry picker, boom lift, man lift, basket crane

(toestel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

young man

(jongvolwassen man)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

handyman

(beroep)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

courier, messenger

(renbode)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

decoyman, decoy-man

(houder van een kooi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

artificial

(artificieel)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

man of the house

(man als baas in huis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Man overboard!

(scheepvaart)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

man of few words

(man die niet veel zegt)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

man of his word

(iem. die afspraken nakomt)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

little man

(klein persoon) (literally)

old man

(informeel (oude man)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

reclamemaker

noun (advertising man)

reclameman

noun (dated (male who works in advertising)

een man zijn

verbal expression (figurative (male: show strength) (figuurlijk)

You have to be a man about this, and admit that you made a mistake.

een man zijn

verbal expression (male: reach adulthood) (letterlijk)

Dan's young son wants to be an astronaut when he is a man.

getuige

noun (bridegroom's male attendant) (bruidegom)

Pete was the best man at Mick and Lucy's wedding.

holbewoner

noun (prehistoric man)

Contrary to popular culture, cavemen did not exist at the same time as dinosaurs.

gewone man

noun (ordinary citizen, lay person)

burger

noun (commoner, without title)

oplichter

noun (informal (confidence trickster)

The con man persuaded the elderly lady to give him a cheque for £400.

ten dode opgeschreven

noun (slang, figurative (man who is likely to die) (figuurlijk)

Touch me again and you're a dead man!
Ik maak je af als je me nog een keer aanraakt.

vieze oude man

noun (informal, pejorative (elderly, lecherous man) (informeel, beled.)

If you keep looking at her like that she'll think you're a dirty old man.

vuilnisman

noun (informal (dustman, binman: refuse collector)

The garbage men collect the trash on my block every Friday at 8:00 AM.

volwassen man

noun (adult male)

His story was so sad, it could make grown men cry.
Zijn verhaal was zo triest dat het zelfs een volwassen man kon doen wenen.

huurmoordenaar

noun (hired murderer)

The politician was arrested for hiring a hitman to kill one of his rivals.

hoofdrolspeler

noun (actor in central role)

Bellamy was the leading man in many low-budget action movies.

als een man

adverb (in a masculine way)

She walks like a man.

als een man

adverb (informal, figurative (with stoicism) (figuurlijk)

Ben gritted his teeth and prepared to take his punishment like a man.

man van weinig woorden

noun (man who speaks very little)

He may be a man of few words, but when he does say something it's worth hearing.

man van zijn woord

noun (male: keeps promises)

I've worked with him, and I know him to be a man of his word.

man des huizes, heer des huizes

noun (responsible head of household)

Jim became man of the house after his father died.

Man overboord!

interjection (dated ([sb] has fallen off ship or boat)

Man overboard! Toss him a life preserver before the sharks get him!

mankracht

noun (workforce)

The company is restructuring in order to use its manpower more efficiently.

arbeidskrachten

noun (number of workers)

We need more manpower if we're going to finish construction on time.

tussenpersoon

noun (go-between, intermediary)

I won't be your middleman; talk to her yourself!

tussenpersoon

noun (intermediate trader)

The middlemen negotiated on behalf of their clients.

tussenpersoon

noun (figurative (third party)

niemandsland

noun (war: unoccupied area) (leger)

During the war, he wandered into no man's land and was very nearly shot by his own troops.

woestenij

noun (wasteland)

The Sahara Desert is mostly a no man's land.

oude man

noun (elderly male)

The old man was slow to cross the street.

vriend

noun (figurative, dated, slang (boyfriend, husband)

My old man is still at work.

oude man

noun (informal (father)

Why don't you ask your old man if we can borrow his car tonight?

echte man

noun (figurative (adult male who is strong and masculine) (figuurlijk)

Well, he certainly acts like a real man, yes. Real men aren't afraid to express their feelings in public.

rechterhand

noun (closest aide, personal advisor) (figuurlijk)

Julia's my right-hand man when it comes to planning parties.

transman

noun (transgender man)

vuilnisophaler, vuilnisman

noun (person employed to collect refuse)

arbeider

noun (working-class adult male)

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Ken je iets van Engels

Het Engels is afkomstig van Germaanse stammen die naar Engeland zijn geëmigreerd en is over een periode van meer dan 1400 jaar geëvolueerd. Engels is de derde meest gesproken taal ter wereld, na Chinees en Spaans. Het is de meest geleerde tweede taal en de officiële taal van bijna 60 soevereine landen. Deze taal heeft een groter aantal sprekers als tweede en vreemde taal dan moedertaalsprekers. Engels is ook de co-officiële taal van de Verenigde Naties, van de Europese Unie en van vele andere internationale en regionale organisaties. Tegenwoordig kunnen Engelstaligen over de hele wereld relatief gemakkelijk communiceren.