Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

man-hour

/mænˈaʊɚ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: man-hour
IPA: /mænˈaʊɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of person-hour.

Example Sentences

"Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours."
"[...] every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum."
"Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English man-hour From man + hour.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mænˈaʊɚ/
British English: /mænˈaʊə/

Inflected Forms

man-hours (plural) manhour (alternative)

Phrases

girl-hour man-day man-month man-year

Frequently Paired Words

girl-hour man-day man-month man-year manshift machine-hour person-hour

Synonyms

person-hour

Questions

How do you pronounce man-hour?: The recorded pronunciation is /mænˈaʊɚ/.
What does man-hour mean?: Synonym of person-hour.
Where does man-hour come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English man-hour From man + hour.

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