manes

See also: mânes, manès, manés, and manęs

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäʹnāz, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːneɪz/

Noun

manes (plural only)

1. The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 9

     this was the Ustrina or place of burning their bodies, or some sacrificing place unto the Manes

Related terms

• manism
• manist

Translations

spirits of the dead

• Dutch: manen (nl) pl
• French: mânes (fr) m pl

• German: Manen pl
• Portuguese: manes (pt) f pl

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• enPR: mānz, IPA^(key): /meɪnz/

Noun

manes

1. plural form of mane

Anagrams

• amens
• manse
• means
• mensa, Mensa
• names

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Catalan

Verb

manes

1. Second-person singular present indicative form of manar.

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Latin

Verb

manēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of maneō

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanes/

Verb

manes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of manar.

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Volapük

Noun

manes

1. dative plural of man