manteau

English

Etymology

From French manteau (“mantle”). Compare mantle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntəʊ/

Noun

manteau (plural manteaus or manteaux)

1. A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 915:

     Not to mention the need to keep her manteau from becoming a sort of anti-parachute which sought to lift her free of the pavement.

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French

Etymology

From Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum. Compare Italian mantello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃to/

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

manteau m (plural manteaux)

1. coat
2. mantle (garment worn by Orthodox bishops)
3. (geology) mantle
4. (biology) mantle (of molluscs)
5. (heraldry) pavilion

Synonyms

• (coat): pardessus

Related terms

• mante
• mantelet
• manteau de cheminée
• sous le manteau

Further reading

• “manteau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).