-man

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-man

\man\

Sounds like -mane

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Emrpunté à l’anglais -man (« suffixe désignant un homme »).

suffix -men · -mans · -woman

Anglicism, Faux anglicisme Suffixe permettant de désigner un homme en relation à une discipline, une notion, un objet, un animal.

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"-man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/-man. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-man. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/-man

Chicago

"-man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/-man.

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@misc{man_2026,
  title = {-man},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/-man},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}