mantel

See also: mantle, Mantel, mantèl, and Mäntel

English

Etymology

From Middle English mantel, from Old English mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), later reinforced by cognate Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, from Celtiberian *mantum, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Norse mǫttull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.təl/
• Homophones: mantle

Noun

mantel (plural mantels)

1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
2. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.

Related terms

• mantelpiece

Translations

shelf above a fireplace

• Dutch: schouw (nl)
• Finnish: takanreunus
• German: Kaminregal n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: каминная полка (kaminnaja polka)
• Scots: chumli-brace
• Westrobothnian: ,

Verb

mantel (third-person singular simple present mantels, present participle mantelling or (US) manteling, simple past and past participle mantelled or (US) manteled)

1. (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

Synonyms

• mantelshelf

Anagrams

• Lament., Mantle, lament, manlet, mantle, mental

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mantel (“tablecloth”).

Noun

mantél

1. tablecloth

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.təl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: man‧tel

Noun

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

1. cape, cloak, mantle
2. (somewhat dated outside certain compounds) coat, jacket
3. surface (literal), lack of substance (figurative) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• ontmantelen
• aardmantel
• damesmantel
• herenmantel
• mantelpak
• mantelverzorger
• mantelzorg
• schoorsteenmantel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mantel
• → Indonesian: mantel

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Estonian

Noun

mantel (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. coat

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mantel (“mantle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.təl/
• Hyphenation: man‧têl

Noun

mantêl (first-person possessive mantelku, second-person possessive mantelmu, third-person possessive mantelnya)

1. coat (an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms)

Further reading

• “mantel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantler, definite plural mantlene)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

• “mantel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantlar, definite plural mantlane)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

• “mantel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum

Noun

mantel oblique singular, m (oblique plural manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative singular manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative plural mantel)

1. mantle (clothing)
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Fiert si que lo mantel li tranche

     He hit him so that he cut his mantle

Descendants

• English: mantle, mantel
• French: manteau
  • → English: manteau

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Polish

Etymology

From German Mantel.

Noun

mantel

1. coat

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠nˈte̞l]

Noun

mantel m (plural manteles)

1. tablecloth

Derived terms

• mantelería
• manchamanteles
• salvamanteles

Descendants

• Chavacano: mantél
• → Classical Nahuatl: mantēlex

Descendants

• “mantel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

mantel c

1. a mantle, a cloak, a robe
2. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust
3. a jacket (on a bullet)
4. a mantel, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney

Declension

Declension of mantel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mantel	manteln	mantlar	mantlarna
Genitive	mantels	mantelns	mantlars	mantlarnas

Related terms

• mantla
• osynlighetsmantel

Anagrams

• mental