humanities

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/
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Noun

humanities

plural of humanity

humanities pl (plural only)

(obsolete) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
The study of language, literature, the arts, and philosophy, sometimes including religion

Synonyms

(language, literature, &c.): belles-lettres (obsolete)

Translations

classical studies — see classical studies

language, literature, etc.

Burmese: ဝိဇ္ဇာပညာ (wijjapa.nya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人文科學 (zh), 人文科学 (zh) (rénwén kēxué)
Dutch: geesteswetenschappen (nl) f pl
Esperanto: homa scienco
Estonian: humanitaarained, humaniora
Faroese: hugvísindi n pl
Finnish: humanismi (fi)
French: sciences humaines (fr) f pl
German: Geisteswissenschaften (de) f pl, Humanwissenschaften (de) pl

Hungarian: humán tárgyak
Japanese: 人文科学 (ja) (jinbun kagaku), 人文学 (jinbungaku)
Korean: 인문학 (ko) (inmunhak)
Polish: humanistyka (pl) f, nauki humanistyczne (pl) f pl
Portuguese: humanas (pt) f pl
Russian: гуманита́рные нау́ки f pl (gumanitárnyje naúki)
Swedish: humaniora (sv) c
Tagalog: katuruang-tao
Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat)
Turkish: beşerî bilimler

See also

humanity

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