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mand

See also: Mand and mänd

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Introduced by B. F. Skinner.

Noun

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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

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

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mand (plural mands)

  1. (obsolete) A demand.

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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mand c (singular definite manden, plural indefinite mænd)

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

Declension

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

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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mand f (plural manden, diminutive mandje n)

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

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Descendants

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of mann.

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mand f

  1. basket

Declension

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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

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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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

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Synonyms

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Welsh

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Noun

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mand

  1. Nasal mutation of band.

Mutation

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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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