mantelé

French

Etymology

From the verb manteler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tle/

Adjective

mantelé (feminine mantelée, masculine plural mantelés, feminine plural mantelées)

1. (zoology) Having a different coloured back to that of the rest of its body, in particular with birds

Further reading

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