humankind

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -kind.

Noun

humankind (usually uncountable, plural humankinds)

The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.

Usage notes

"Mankind" is more common than "humankind", but "humanity" is more common than both of them combined, according to Google N-grams.

Synonyms

Translations

human race — see mankind

mankind; humanity — see human race

the human race

Bashkir: кешелек (kešelek)
Belarusian: чалаве́цтва n (čalavjéctva)
Bulgarian: чове́чество n (čovéčestvo)
Burmese: လူသား (my) (lusa:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人類 (zh), 人类 (zh) (rénlèi)
Czech: lidstvo (cs) n
Dutch: mensheid (nl) f, mensdom (nl) n
Finnish: ihmiskunta (fi)
French: humanité (fr) f, genre humain (fr)
Georgian: კაცობრიობა (ḳacobrioba), ადამიანთა მოდგმა (adamianta modgma)
German: Menschheit (de) f
Hindi: मानवता (hi) f (mānavtā)
Japanese: 人類 (ja) (jinrui)

Korean: 인류 (ko) (illyu)
Latvian: cilvēce f
Macedonian: чо́вештво n (čóveštvo)
Portuguese: humanidade (pt) f
Russian: челове́чество (ru) n (čelovéčestvo)
Slovak: ľudstvo n
Slovene: človeštvo (sl) n
Spanish: humanidad (es) f, género humano f, raza humana f
Swedish: människosläkt c, mänsklighet (sv) c (used only in the definite form)
Telugu: నరులు (te) (narulu)
Turkish: kişioğlu (tr)
Ukrainian: лю́дство n (ljúdstvo)
Vietnamese: loài người (vi), nhân loại (vi)
Zulu: isintu (zu) class 7/8

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