manier

See also: Manier

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˈniːr/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧nier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

manier f (plural manieren, diminutive maniertje n)

1. way, manner

   Op die manier — In that manner

2. (in the plural) manner, good behaviour

Anagrams

• marine

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French

Etymology

From main + -ier, from -oyer, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin root *manidiāre, from Latin manus. Compare French manège, Italian maneggiare, Spanish manejar, manear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nje/

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• Rhymes: -je
• Homophones: maniai, manié, maniée, maniées, maniés

Verb

manier

1. to handle, manipulate, wield (an object)
2. to use (software)
3. to knead

Conjugation

Conjugation of manier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	manier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	maniant /ma.njɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		manié /ma.nje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	manie /ma.ni/	manies /ma.ni/	manie /ma.ni/	manions /ma.njɔ̃/	maniez /ma.nje/	manient /ma.ni/
	imperfect	maniais /ma.njɛ/	maniais /ma.njɛ/	maniait /ma.njɛ/	maniions /ma.ni.jɔ̃/	maniiez /ma.ni.je/	maniaient /ma.njɛ/
	past historic2	maniai /ma.nje/	manias /ma.nja/	mania /ma.nja/	maniâmes /ma.njam/	maniâtes /ma.njat/	manièrent /ma.njɛʁ/
	future	manierai /ma.ni.ʁe/	manieras /ma.ni.ʁa/	maniera /ma.ni.ʁa/	manierons /ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/	manierez /ma.ni.ʁe/	manieront /ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	manierais /ma.ni.ʁɛ/	manierais /ma.ni.ʁɛ/	manierait /ma.ni.ʁɛ/	manierions /ma.ni.ʁjɔ̃/	manieriez /ma.ni.ʁje/	manieraient /ma.ni.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	manie /ma.ni/	manies /ma.ni/	manie /ma.ni/	maniions /ma.ni.jɔ̃/	maniiez /ma.ni.je/	manient /ma.ni/
	imperfect2	maniasse /ma.njas/	maniasses /ma.njas/	maniât /ma.nja/	maniassions /ma.nja.sjɔ̃/	maniassiez /ma.nja.sje/	maniassent /ma.njas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	manie /ma.ni/	—	manions /ma.njɔ̃/	maniez /ma.nje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• manier l’aviron - Man the oars

Further reading

• “manier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• animer, Marine, marine, mariné, minera, ranime, ranimé

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

manier m

1. indefinite plural of mani

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Old French

Alternative forms

• manïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

Attested from 12th century, from Vulgar Latin *manaria, from Late Latin manuarius.

Verb

manier

1. to handle
   • late 12th century, anonymous author, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, pages 408 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, lines 928-9:

     ne nul nel poeit manïer
     fors sul la raïne e Brenguain

     Nobody could handle him [the dog]
     apart from the queen and Brangain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of manier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		manier			avoir manïé
gerund		en maniant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		maniant
past participle		manïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mani	manïes	manïe	manions	manïez	manïent
	imperfect	manioie, manïeie, manioe, manïeve	manioies, manïeies, manioes, manïeves	manioit, manïeit, maniot, manïeve	maniiiens, maniiens	maniiiez, maniiez	manioient, manïeient, manioent, manïevent
	preterite	maniai	manias	mania	maniames	maniastes	manïerent
	future	manïerai	manïeras	manïera	manïerons	manïeroiz, manïereiz, manïerez	manïeront
	conditional	manïeroie, manïereie	manïeroies, manïereies	manïeroit, manïereit	manïeriiens, manïeriens	manïeriiez, manïeriez	manïeroient, manïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mani	manis	manit	manions	manïez	manïent
	imperfect	maniasse	maniasses	maniast	maniissons, maniissiens	maniissoiz, maniissez, maniissiez	maniassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	manïe	—	manions	manïez	—

Descendants

• French: manier