mane

See also: Mane, mané, måne, and -mane

English

Etymology

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mān, IPA^(key): /meɪn/

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• Homophones: main, Maine
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

mane (plural manes)

1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Translations

longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse

• Arabic: عرف m (ʕurf)
• Aromanian: coamã f
• Belarusian: грыва f (hrýva)
• Bulgarian: грива f (gríva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬鬃, 马鬃 (zh) (mǎzōng)

• Czech: hříva (cs) f
• Danish: manke (da) c, man (da) c
• Dutch: maan (nl) f
• Faroese: faks n, framfaks n, mon f
• Finnish: harja (fi)
• French: crinière (fr) f
• German: Mähne (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: λοφιά f (lophiá)

• Hungarian: sörény (hu)
• Icelandic: makki (is) m, fax (is) n
• Italian: chioma f, criniera (it) f
• Japanese: たてがみ (ja) (tategami), 鬣 (ja) (tategami)

• Latgalian: krēpis
• Latvian: krēpes
• Macedonian: грива f (gríva)
• Navajo: atsiighaʼ
• Persian: یال (fa) (yâl), فش (fa) (faš), بش (fa) (boš)
• Polish: grzywa (pl) f
• Portuguese: crina (pt) f (of a horse), juba (pt) f (of a lion)
• Romanian: coamă (ro) f
• Russian: грива (ru) f (gríva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гри̏ва f

  Roman: grȉva f

• Slovak: hriva f
• Slovene: griva (sl) f
• Spanish: crin (es) f
• Swedish: man (sv) c
• Ukrainian: грива f (hrýva)
• Walloon: caime (wa) f, crinire (wa) f

longer hair growth around head of male lions

• Arabic: لُّبَّادة f (lubaada)
• Belarusian: грыва f (hrýva)
• Bulgarian: грива f (gríva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獅子的鬃毛, 狮子的鬃毛 (shīzi de zōngmáo), 獅鬣, 狮鬣 (shī liè)

• Czech: hříva (cs) f
• Danish: manke (da) c
• Dutch: maan (nl) f
• Esperanto: kolharo
• Finnish: harja (fi)
• French: crinière (fr) f
• German: Mähne (de) f
• Hungarian: sörény (hu)
• Italian: criniera (it) f
• Macedonian: грива f (gríva)
• Malay: surai
• Navajo: atsiighaʼ

• Norwegian: man (no) m
• Persian: یال (fa) (yâl)
• Polish: grzywa (pl) f
• Portuguese: juba (pt) f
• Romanian: coamă (ro) f
• Russian: грива (ru) f (gríva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гри̏ва f

  Roman: grȉva f

• Slovak: hriva f
• Slovene: griva (sl) f
• Spanish: melena (es)
• Swedish: man (sv) c
• Telugu: జూలు (te) (jūlu)
• Ukrainian: грива f (hrýva)
• Welsh: mwng (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chioma f, ^{(please verify)} criniera f
• Japanese: 鬣 (たてがみ, tategami)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} man m

• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} mwng m

Anagrams

• Amen, amen, mean, MENA, NAmE, name, NEMA, NMEA

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German manen (“remind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːnə/, [ˈmæːnə], [ˈmæːn̩]

Verb

mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, past participle har manet)

1. admonish, urge
2. lay, exorcise
3. conjure

Synonyms

• (admonish): formane
• (conjure): fremmane, besværge

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

mane

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams

• amen, name

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Esperanto

Etymology

mano (“hand”) +‎ -e

Adverb

mane

1. by hand

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Romanization

mane

1. rōmaji reading of まね

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), hence matins and mature.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ne/, [ˈma.nɛ]

Adverb

māne (not comparable)

1. (early) in the morning

Descendants

• Aromanian: mãne
• Asturian: mañana
• Catalan: demà
• Dalmatian: desmun
• French: demain
• Galician: mañá
• Istriot: deimàn
• Italian: domani

• Ladin: doman
• Portuguese: amanhã
• Romanian: mâine
• Romansch: damaun
• Sicilian: dumani
• Spanish: mañana
• Venetian: doman

References

• mane in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

Noun

mane m (genitive matutinis); third declension

1. morning

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mane	matutinēs
genitive	matutinis	matutinum
dative	matutinī	matutinibus
accusative	matutinem	matutinēs
ablative	matutine	matutinibus
vocative	mane	matutinēs

Derived terms

• *maneana (Vulgar Latin)

Verb

manē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of maneō

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Lithuanian

Pronoun

mane

1. (first-person singular) accusative form of aš.

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Spanish

Verb

mane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manar.

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Alternative forms

• màne

Noun

mane

1. hand

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Tetum

Noun

mane

1. man, specifically adult male human

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Volapük

Noun

mane

1. dative singular of man

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Portuguese

Verb

mane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manar