mani

See also maní, mâni, manī, and Mani

English

Noun

mani (plural manis)

1. (informal) A manicure
   • 2009 January 12, “Dress for Success: Have a Ball at Dumbarton”:

     The nails need a mani, the dress is due for a dry cleaning miracle and those "special occasion cuff links" have gone missing.

Related terms

• mani-pedi

See also

• pedi

Anagrams

• Amin
• iman
• main, Main
• mina
• NAMI

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Catalan

Verb

mani

1. First-person singular present subjunctive form of manar.
2. Third-person singular present subjunctive form of manar.
3. Third-person singular imperative form of manar.

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Finnish

Noun

mani

1. (colloquial) money

Declension

Declension of mani (type risti) singular plural nominative mani manit genitive manin manien partitive mania maneja accusative mani manin manit inessive manissa maneissa elative manista maneista illative maniin maneihin adessive manilla maneilla ablative manilta maneilta allative manille maneille essive manina maneina translative maniksi maneiksi instructive – manein abessive manitta maneitta comitative – maneineen

Synonyms

• raha

Anagrams

• main, nami

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Italian

Noun

mani f

1. Plural form of mano

   giungere le mani - to join one's hands together

Anagrams

• amni, iman, mina

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Latvian

Pronoun

mani

1. me; accusative singular form of es
2. with me; instrumental singular form of es

mani

1. nominative plural masculine form of mans
2. vocative plural masculine form of mans

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• (absolute / nominative singular): manie, manige, manẹ̄, magnie (error), maniȝ (early Middle English), mange (in surnames), moni (in surnames), monie (in surnames), monei, monẹ̄, moniȝ (early Middle English), meni (early Middle English), menie (early Middle English), myny (error), maini (error), mainie (error), meinẹ̄
• (comparative): manier, maniere
• (superlative): maniest
• (genitive singular): manīes, maniȝes, monīes
• (accusative singular): monīne
• (nominative plural): maniȝe, maneȝa, manege, manega, moniȝe, moniȝæ, monieȝe, monien, mænige, mæneȝa
• (genitive plural): manīes
• (dative plural): maniȝum

Etymology

From the Old English manig.

Pronoun

manī

1. many
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

References

• “manī” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]

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Miskito

Noun

mani

1. summer
2. year

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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mani

• money

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Venetian

Noun

mani m

1. Plural form of mato

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Volapük

Noun

mani

1. accusative singular form of man