self-made man

See also: self-made-man

English

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Pronunciation

Noun

self-made man (plural self-made men)Category:English lemmas#SELFMADEMANCategory:English nouns#SELFMADEMANCategory:English countable nouns#SELFMADEMANCategory:English multiword terms#SELFMADEMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SELFMADEMANCategory:Pages with entries#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SELF-MADE%20MAN

  2. A man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background.

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian unadapted borrowings from English#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian terms derived from English#SELF-MADE%20MAN self-made man.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    self-made man m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian countable nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian multiword terms#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Italian masculine nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Pages with entries#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SELF-MADE%20MAN

    2. (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

    1. ↑ self-made man in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    English self-made manubor.
    Polish self-made man

      Unadapted borrowing from English self-made man.

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      Pronunciation

      Noun

      self-made man m persCategory:Polish lemmas#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Polish nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Polish multiword terms#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Polish masculine nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Polish personal nouns#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Pages with entries#SELF-MADE%20MANCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SELF-MADE%20MAN

      2. self-made man (man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background)

      Declension

      Further reading

      • “self-made man”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
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