mand

See also: Mand and mänd

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mænd/, /mɑːnd/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Etymology 1

Introduced by B. F. Skinner.

Noun

mand (plural mands)

  1. (psychology) A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.

Verb

mand (third-person singular simple present mands, present participle manding, simple past and past participle manded)

  1. (psychology) To produce a mand (verbal operant).

Noun

mand (plural mands)

  1. (obsolete) A demand.

References

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse *mannʀ, (west) maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mannz, *man(n)ô, cognate with Norwegian mann, Swedish man, English man, German Mann. Doublet of man.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manˀ/, [ˈmænˀ]
  • Rhymes: -and

Noun

mand c (singular definite manden, plural indefinite mænd)

  1. man (adult male human)
  2. husband (male spouse)

Declension
Declension of mand
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mand manden mænd mændene
genitive mands mandens mænds mændenes

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

mand f (plural manden, diminutive mandje n)

  1. basket (receptacle, traditionally made of wicker, now also frequently of plastic)
    Synonym: korf

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: mandjie (from the diminutive)
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: mánki
  • → Mohegan-Pequot: manodah
  • → Saramaccan: mánda

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mand m (definite singular manden, indefinite plural mænd, definite plural mændene)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mann

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mandu (“basket”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑnd/

Noun

mand f

  1. basket

Declension
Declension of mand (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mand manda, mande
accusative mande manda, mande
genitive mande manda
dative mande mandum

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /man̪ˠt̪/

Verb

mand (defective, future indicative positive mandaidh, negative cha mhand, question am mand, conditional indicative positive mhandadh, negative cha mhandadh, question am mandadh)

  1. (Islay, South Argyll) may, can (be able to)
    am mandadh mi bruidhinn ris? ― would I be able to speak to him?
    cha mhand mi tighinn ― I cannot come

Usage notes

Synonyms

Welsh

Noun

mand

  1. Nasal mutation of band.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
band fand mand unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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