manner

See also Männer

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manaria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmænə/, X-SAMPA: /"m{n@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmænɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"m{n@`/

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• Hyphenation: man‧ner
• Homophones: manor, manna

Noun

manner (plural manners)

1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

   The treacherous manner of his mournful death. - Shakespeare

2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.

   His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.

3. Customary method of acting; habit.

   These people have strange manners.

4. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
5. The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
6. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
7. Sort; kind; style

   All manner of persons participate.

8. standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Derived terms

terms derived from manner

bad manners bedside manner good manners manner of articulation mannered mannerism

mannerist mannerless mannerly overmanner table manners to the manner born

Translations

way of performing or effecting; method or style

• Arabic: أسلوب (ar) ('usluub) m
• Armenian: ձեւ (hy) (jew) , ոճ (hy) (oč̣) , եղանակ (hy) (eġanak) , կերպ (hy) (kerp) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方式 (cmn) (fāngshì)

• Czech: způsob (cs) m, styl (cs) m
• Dutch: manier (nl) f
• Finnish: tapa (fi)
• French: manière (fr) f, façon (fr) f
• Galician: xeito (gl) m
• German: Manier (de) f
• Haitian Creole: fason
• Hungarian: mód (hu)
• Italian: maniera (it) f, modo (it) m
• Japanese: やり方 (ja) (やりかた, yarikata)
• Korean: 태도 (ko) (taedo)

• Latvian: veids (lv) m
• Macedonian: начин (mk) (náčin) m
• Portuguese: maneira (pt) f
• Romanian: stil (ro) n, fel (ro) n, manieră (ro) f
• Russian: способ (ru) (spósob) m , метод (ru) (métod) m , манера (ru) (manéra) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: cor (gd) m, dòigh (gd) f, giùlan (gd) m, modh (gd) m and f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: манир (sh) (manir) m

  Roman: manir (sh) m

• Spanish: manera (es) f, modo (es) m, forma (es) f
• Swedish: sätt (sv) n
• Telugu: పద్ధతి (te) (paddhati), తీరు (te) (teeru), విధం (te) (vidham)
• Tok Pisin: pasin (tpi)

behavior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風度 (cmn), 风度 (cmn) (fēngdù)

• Dutch: gedrag (nl) n
• Japanese: マナー (ja) (manā)
• Macedonian: манир (mk) (manír) m

• Polish: maniera (pl) f
• Romanian: manieră (ro) f, fel (ro) n, purtare (ro) f, comportament (ro) n, conduită (ro) f
• Russian: манера (ru) (manéra) f , нрав (ru) (nrav) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan (gd) m, dol a-mach (gd) m, modh (gd) m and f
• Spanish: manera (es) f

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: kept · business · mean · #384: manner · following · fell · different

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• mantere

Noun

manner

1. continent (in geological sense)

   Euraasia on manner, mutta Eurooppa ei ole.

   Eurasia is a continent, but Europe is not (in this sense).

2. The main island of Åland archipelago (Ahvenanmaan manner).
3. As a modifier in compound terms, of or pertaining to the continent.

Declension

Declension of manner (type askel) singular plural nominative manner mantere manteret mantereet genitive manteren mantereen manterien mannerten mantereiden mantereitten partitive mannerta manteretta manteria mantereita accusative manner manteren mantereen manteret inessive manteressa mantereessa manterissa mantereissa elative manteresta mantereesta manterista mantereista illative mantereen mantereeseen manteriin mantereisiin adessive manterella mantereella manterilla mantereilla ablative manterelta mantereelta manterilta mantereilta allative manterelle mantereelle manterille mantereille essive manterena mantereena manterina mantereina translative mantereksi mantereeksi manteriksi mantereiksi instructive – manterin manterein abessive manteretta mantereetta manteritta mantereitta comitative – manterineen mantereineen

Derived terms

• mannerjalusta
• mannerlaatta
• mannermaa
• mannermainen
• Manner-Suomi
• mannertenvälinen
• mantereinen

See also

• maanosa

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

manner

1. comparative form of mann