manteau
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French manteau (“mantle”). Compare mantle.
Pronunciation
Noun
manteau (plural manteaus or manteaux)
- 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.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 915:
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum. Compare Italian mantello.
Pronunciation
Noun
manteau m (plural manteaux)
- coat
- mantle (garment worn by Orthodox bishops)
- (geology) mantle
- (biology) mantle (of molluscs)
- (heraldry) pavilion
Synonyms
- (coat): pardessus
Related terms
Further reading
- “manteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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