self-made man
See also: self-made-man
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĕlf′mād′ măn
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈmeɪ̯d mæn/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˌself-/, /-man/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌselfˈmæɪ̯d mæn/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌselfˈmæɪ̯d mɛn/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈmed man/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˌsɛ(ː)lfˈmeːɖ ma(ː)n/
- Hyphenation: self-made man
Noun
self-made man (plural self-made men)
- A man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background.
Descendants
- → Finnish: self-made-man
- → Italian: self-made man
- → Polish: self-made man
Further reading
- “self-made man”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English self-made man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈme(j)d ˈmɛn/[1]
- Hyphenation: self-made man
Noun
self-made man m (invariable)
- (Anglicism) self-made man (man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background)
- Synonym: uno che si è fatto da solo (literally “somebody who made himself by himself”)
References
- ^ self-made man in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Polish self-made man
Unadapted borrowing from English self-made man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈmɛjt ˈmɛn/
- Syllabification: self-made man
Noun
self-made man m pers
- self-made man (man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background)
Declension
Declension of self-made man
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | self-made man | self-made mani/self-made many (deprecative) |
| genitive | self-made mana | self-made manów |
| dative | self-made manowi | self-made manom |
| accusative | self-made mana | self-made manów |
| instrumental | self-made manem | self-made manami |
| locative | self-made manie | self-made manach |
| vocative | self-made manie | self-made mani |
Further reading
- self-made man in Polish dictionaries at PWN