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 Definitions of humane  [ˈmeɪn or, often, yu-]  

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Definition of 'humane' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) humane
characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for other beings, esp. for the suffering or distressed.

2.  humane
of or pertaining to humanistic studies.

Etymology:  (1930–35, Amer.)

Definition of 'humane' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) humanist, humanistic, humane
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
"humanistic studies"; "a humane education"

2. (adj) humane
marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

3. (adj) humane
showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement


Definition of 'humane' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) humane
treating people and animals with kindness and fairness
the humane treatment of animals


Definition of 'humane' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) humane
pertaining to man; human

2. (adj) humane
having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent

3. (adj) humane
humanizing; exalting; tending to refine


Translation of 'humane' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: kind; not cruel
a humane man; a humane way to kill rats and mice.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mensliewend Arabic flag Arabic: رؤوف، حنون، عَطوف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: човечен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: humano Czech flag Czech: lidský German flag German: menschlich
Danish flag Danish: human Greek flag Greek: ανθρωπιστικός Spanish flag Spanish: humano
Estonian flag Estonian: humaanne Farsi flag Farsi: مهربان Finnish flag Finnish: humaani
French flag French: humain Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֶנוֹשִׁי Hindi flag Hindi: दयालु
Croatian flag Croatian: human, meka srca, covjeca Hungarian flag Hungarian: emberséges Indonesian flag Indonesian: manusiawi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mannúðlegur, miskunnsamur Italian flag Italian: umano Japanese flag Japanese: 思いやりのある
Korean flag Korean: 자상한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: humaniškas Latvian flag Latvian: humāns; cilvēcīgs
Malay flag Malay: berperikemanusiaan Dutch flag Dutch: humaan, menselijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: human, menneske(kjær)lig
Polish flag Polish: humanitarny Persian flag Persian: مهربان Pashto flag Pashto: مهربان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: humano Romanian flag Romanian: omeneşte Russian flag Russian: гуманный
Slovak flag Slovak: ľudský, láskavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: human Serbian flag Serbian: human
Swedish flag Swedish: human Thai flag Thai: มีมนุษยธรรม Turkish flag Turkish: insancıl, insanca
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 仁慈的,人道的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гуманний, людяний Urdu flag Urdu: مہربان، نرم دل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhân đạo Chinese flag Chinese: 仁慈的,人道的

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