human being
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human being
- /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/
Where it comes from
From human (adjective) + being (noun).
The word human was originally an adjective, thus requiring a base noun.
noun human beings
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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.
Similar: featherless biped, human, human bean, man, naked ape, person, sapiens, woman
- Any member of the genus Homo, including extinct species. 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.
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noun person — see also man/translations, person
| Español | ser humano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사람 saram, 인류 illyu |
| 日本語 | 人間 ningen, 人類 jinrui, 人 hito |
| 中文 | 人類 /人类 rénlèi, 人 rén |
| हिन्दी | मनुष्य manuṣya, इंसान insān, आदमी ādmī, मानव mānav |
| Kiswahili | mwanadamu, binadamu |
| Português | ser humano, homem |
| Français | être humain, humain, humaine, homme |
| Deutsch | menschliches Wesen, Mensch |
| Русский | челове́к čelovék, лю́ди ljúdi |
| Tiếng Việt | con người, người |
| العربية | إِنْسَان ʔinsān, نَاس nās, بَشَر bašar, إِنْس ʔins |
| עברית | אָדָם 'ádam |
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title = {human being},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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