🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

un homme et une femme

Pronunciation / Transliteration: œ̃ n‿ɔm e yn fɑm

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Man and Woman/mæn ənd ˈwʊmən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Un homme et une femme se promènent dans le parc."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An adult human male.

    "The man walked his dog in the park."
  2. 2

    An adult human female.

    "The woman enjoyed reading her book at the café."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'man' originates from Old English 'mann', which referred to a person or human being, evolving to denote specifically an adult male. 'Woman' comes from the Old English 'wīfmann', meaning 'female human', where 'wīf' means 'woman' and 'mann' means 'person'.

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