mane

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See also: Mane, mané, màne, mãne, måne, and -mane

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • enPR: mān, IPA(key): /meɪn/
  • Audio (US)
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  • Homophones: main, Maine
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Noun[edit]

mane

  1. plural of maan

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German manen (“remind”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

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

Synonyms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mane

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mano (“hand”) +‎ -e

Adverb[edit]

mane

  1. by hand

Inari Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *monē.

Noun[edit]

maṇe

  1. egg

Inflection[edit]

Even e-stem, ṇ-n gradation
Nominative maṇe
Genitive mane
Singular Plural
Nominative maṇe maneh
Accusative mane moonijd
Genitive mane monij
moonij
Illative maṇan moonijd
Locative maaneest moonijn
Comitative moonijn monijguin
Abessive manettáá monijttáá
Essive manneen
Partitive manneed
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person — — —
2nd person — — —
3rd person — — —

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

mane

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まね

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

māne (not comparable)

  1. (early) in the morning

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

māne n (indeclinable)

  1. morning

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

māne

  1. nominative neuter singular of mānis
  2. accusative neuter singular of mānis
  3. vocative neuter singular of mānis

Verb[edit]

manē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of maneō

References[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mane

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

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mâne f, m

  1. moon
  2. moonshine, moonlight
Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Noun[edit]

māne f

  1. (usually in the plural) mane
Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading[edit]

  • “mane (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “mane (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “mane (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “mane (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English man.

Pronoun[edit]

mane

  1. Alternative form of man
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old English manu; from Proto-Germanic *manō; compare Middle Dutch mane, Old Frisian mana, mona, and Middle Low German mane.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mane (plural manes)

  1. A mane (hair on an animal's hind)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse máni, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô.

Noun[edit]

māne m

  1. moon
  2. month

Declension[edit]

Declension of māne (an-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative māne mānen mānar mānarnir
accusative māna mānan māna mānana
dative māna mānanom mānom mānonom
genitive māna mānans māna mānanna

Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.

Tarantino[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mane

  1. hand

Tetum[edit]

Noun[edit]

mane

  1. man, specifically adult male human

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

mane

  1. dative singular of man
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