English

Etymology

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu ("mane"), from Proto-Germanic *man? ("mane"), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- ("neck"). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen ("mane"), German Mähne ("mane"), Swedish man ("horse's mane"), Icelandic mön ("mane").

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?n, IPA^(key): /me?n/

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• Homophones: main, Maine
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

mane (plural manes)

1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Translations

Anagrams

• -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

'Are'are

Noun

mane

1. man

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Afrikaans

Noun

mane

1. plural of maan

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German manen ("to remind"), from Proto-Germanic *man?n?, cognate with German mahnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma:n?/, ['mæ:n?]

Verb

mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, perfect tense har manet)

1. to admonish, urge
2. to lay, exorcise
3. to conjure

Inflection

Synonyms

• (admonish): formane
• (conjure): fremmane, besværge

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

mane

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams

• amen, name

Esperanto

Etymology

mano ("hand") +‎ -e

Adverb

mane

1. by hand

Gilbertese

Noun

mane

1. man

References

• Kiribati-English Dictionary

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mon?.

Noun

ma?e

1. egg

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Japanese

Romanization

mane

1. R?maji transcription of

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *meh?- ("to ripen, to mature"), hence matins and mature.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /'ma:.ne/, ['ma:.n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /'ma.ne/, ['ma:.n?]

Adverb

m?ne (not comparable)

1. (early) in the morning

Descendants

Noun

m?ne n (indeclinable)

1. morning

Derived terms

• *maneana (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /'ma:.ne/, ['ma:.n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /'ma.ne/, ['ma:.n?]

Adjective

m?ne

1. nominative neuter singular of m?nis
2. accusative neuter singular of m?nis
3. vocative neuter singular of m?nis

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /'ma.ne:/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /'ma.ne/, ['ma:.n?]

Verb

man?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mane?

References

• mane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mane in Charles du Fresne du Cange's Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883-1887)
• mane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mane in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

Pronoun

mane

1. (first-person singular) accusative form of a?.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch m?no, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô, from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s.

Noun

mâne f or m

1. moon
2. moonshine, moonlight

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: maan
  • Afrikaans: maan
• Limburgish: maon
• West Flemish: moane

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-Germanic *man?.

Noun

m?ne f

1. (usually in the plural) mane

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: maan

Further reading

• "mane (I)", in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• "mane (II)", in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885-1929) , "mane (I)", in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ->ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885-1929) , "mane (II)", in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ->ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English man.

Pronoun

mane

1. Alternative form of man

References

• "man (pron.)" in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English manu; from Proto-Germanic *man?; compare Middle Dutch mane, Old Frisian mana, mona, and Middle Low German mane.

Alternative forms

• mayn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /'ma:n(?)/

Noun

mane (plural manes)

1. A mane (hair on an animal's hind)

Descendants

• English: mane
• Scots: mane

References

• "m?ne (n.)" in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse máni, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô.

Noun

m?ne m

1. moon
2. month

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: måne

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mane

1. locative singular of manas ("mind")

Portuguese

Verb

mane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manar

Slovene

Verb

máne

1. third-person singular present of meti

Spanish

Verb

mane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manar.

Tarantino

Alternative forms

• màne

Noun

mane

1. hand

Tetum

Noun

mane

1. man, specifically adult male human

Volapük

Noun

mane

1. dative singular of man