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Is humane a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word humane is a Scrabble US word. The word humane is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is humane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word humane is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4U1M3A1N1E1

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Yes. The word humane is a Words With Friends word. The word humane is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

HUMANE,

5-letter words (2 found)

HUMAN,MANEH,

4-letter words (16 found)

AHEM,AMEN,AUNE,HAEM,HAEN,HAME,HAUN,HUMA,MANE,MAUN,MEAN,MENU,NAME,NAMU,NEMA,NEUM,

3-letter words (26 found)

AME,AMU,ANE,AUE,EAN,EAU,EMU,HAE,HAM,HAN,HEM,HEN,HUE,HUM,HUN,MAE,MAN,MEH,MEN,MEU,MNA,MUN,NAE,NAH,NAM,UME,

2-letter words (20 found)

AE,AH,AM,AN,EA,EH,EM,EN,HA,HE,HM,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,UH,UM,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from humane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of humane

humane

Etymology

From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). Cognate with Old English guma (“man”), whence the groom in English bridegroom.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hjuːˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)

  1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
  2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
  3. Obsolete spelling of human

Synonyms

  • mankindly

Antonyms

  • inhuman, inhumane, nonhumane

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Humean

Danish

Adjective

humane

  1. definite singular of human
  2. plural of human

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huˈmane/
  • Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ne

Adverb

humane

  1. humanely

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

humane

  1. inflection of human:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Etymology

From hūmānus (“humane, noble”).

Adverb

hūmānē (comparative hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē)

  1. humanly, in a human manner.
  2. humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Synonyms

  • (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
  • (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus

Related terms

References

  • “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “humane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • humane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

humane

  1. definite singular of human
  2. plural of human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

humane

  1. definite singular of human
  2. plural of human

Portuguese

Verb

humane

  1. inflection of humanar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

humane

  1. inflection of humanar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

humane

  1. definite natural masculine singular of human

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