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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English mane , mayne , from Old English manu ( “ mane ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *manu , from Proto-Germanic *manō ( “ mane ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *mony- , *mon- ( “ neck ” ) .
Cognate with Dutch maan , manen ( “ mane ” ) , German Mähne ( “ mane ” ) , Danish man ( “ horse's mane ” ) , Swedish man ( “ horse's mane ” ) , Icelandic mön ( “ mane ” ) .
Noun
mane (plural manes )
Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
1900 May 17, L Frank Baum , chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo M Hill Co. , →OCLC :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.
Long or thick hair of a person's head.
Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon .
Derived terms
Translations
longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Albanian: krifë (sq) f
Arabic: عُرْف (ar) m ( ʕurf )
Armenian: բաշ (hy) ( baš )
Aromanian: coamã f
Assamese: কেশাৰ ( kexar )
Avar: жал ( žal )
Azerbaijani: yal
Bashkir: ял ( yal )
Belarusian: гры́ва f ( hrýva )
Bengali: কেশর (bn) ( keśor )
Bulgarian: гри́ва f ( gríva )
Burmese: မှင်ဆံ (my) ( hmanghcam ) , လည်ဆံ (my) ( lanyhcam )
Buryat: дэлһэн ( delhen )
Catalan: crinera (ca) f , crin (ca) f
Chechen: кхес ( qes )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬鬃 / 马鬃 (zh) ( mǎzōng )
Chuvash: ҫилхе ( śilh̬e )
Czech: hříva (cs) f
Danish: manke (da) c , man (da) c
Dutch: maan (nl) f
Estonian: lakk (et)
Faroese: faks n , framfaks n , mon f
Finnish: harja (fi)
French: crinière (fr) f
Galician: crina f , coma (gl) f
Georgian: ფაფარი ( papari )
German: Mähne (de) f
Greek: χαίτη (el) f ( chaíti )
Ancient: λοφιά f ( lophiá ) , χαίτη f ( khaítē )
Hebrew: רעמה (he) f
Hindi: याल (hi) ( yāl ) , केसर (hi) ( kesar )
Hungarian: sörény (hu)
Icelandic: makki (is) m , fax (is) n
Indonesian: surai (id)
Ingush: кхес ( qes )
Irish: moing f
Italian: criniera (it) f
Japanese: 鬣 (ja) ( たてがみ, tategami )
Kalmyk: дел ( del )
Kashubian: grzëwa
Kazakh: жал (kk) ( jal )
Khakas: чилін ( çilìn )
Khmer: សយ (km) ( sɑɑy )
Korean: 갈기 (ko) ( galgi )
Kyrgyz: жал (ky) ( jal )
Lao: ແຜງຄໍ ( phǣng khǭ ) , ແຜງ ( phǣng )
Latgalian: krēpis
Latin: iuba f
Latvian: krēpes m
Lithuanian: karčiai pl
Macedonian: гри́ва f ( gríva )
Manchu: ᡩᡝᠯᡠᠨ ( delun )
Maori: makawe (mi) , huruhuru kakī
Mongolian: дэл (mn) ( del ) , ᠳᠡᠯ ( del )
Navajo: atsiighaʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: man (no) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: грива f ( griva )
Old East Slavic: грива f ( griva )
Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 ( yél, yiél )
Persian: یال ( yâl ) , فش (fa) ( faš ) , بش (fa) ( boš )
Polish: grzywa (pl) f
Portuguese: crina (pt) f , coma (pt) f
Romanian: coamă (ro) f
Russian: гри́ва (ru) f ( gríva )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гри̏ва f
Roman: grȉva (sh) f
Shor: чал
Slovak: hriva f
Slovene: griva (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: griwa f
Upper Sorbian: hriwa f
Southern Altai: јал ( ǰal )
Spanish: crin (es) f
Swahili: arufu
Swedish: man (sv) c
Tagalog: kiling
Tajik: ёл ( yol ) , фуш ( fuš )
Tatar: ял (tt) ( yal )
Tetum: fuuk
Thai: สร้อย (th) ( sôi ) , แผงคอ (th) ( pɛ̌ɛng kɔɔ )
Tibetan: ཟེ ( ze )
Turkish: yele (tr)
Turkmen: ýal
Tuvan: чел ( çel )
Ukrainian: гри́ва f ( hrýva )
Urdu: یال (ur) ( yāl )
Uyghur: يال ( yal )
Uzbek: yol (uz)
Vietnamese: bờm (vi)
Walloon: caime (wa) f , crinire (wa) f
White Hmong: txoob
Yakut: сиэл ( siel )
Yiddish: גריווע f ( grive )
Yoruba: gọgọ
Zazaki: tulık n
longer hair growth around head of male lions
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
Dialectal rendering of man , as used in African-American Vernacular English .
Noun
mane
( slang , African-American Vernacular ) Alternative form of man (suggesting an AAVE accent)
Anagrams
-nema , Amen , Eman , Enma , MEAN , MENA , Mena , NAmE , NEMA , NMEA , amen , mean , mnae , name , namé , neam , ñame
Afrikaans
Noun
mane
plural of maan
'Are'are
Noun
mane
man
References
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْع ( manʕ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mane (definite accusative maneni , plural manelər )
Only used in mane olmaq .
Declension
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German manen ( “ to remind ” ) , from Old Saxon manōn , from Proto-Germanic *manōną , cognate with German mahnen .
Pronunciation
Verb
mane (imperative man , infinitive at mane , present tense maner , past tense manede , perfect tense har manet )
to admonish , urge
to lay , exorcise
to conjure
Conjugation
Synonyms
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
mane
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive of manen
Anagrams
Eastern Arrernte
Etymology
Borrowed from English money .
Noun
mane
Alternative form of apwerte
References
“mane ” in IAD Press Arrernte Dictionary , 2003.
Esperanto
Etymology
mano ( “ hand ” ) + -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
mane
by hand
Gilbertese
Noun
mane
man
References
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monē .
Pronunciation
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Noun
maṇe
egg
Inflection
Further reading
mane in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022 ) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje , Tromsø: UiT
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Italian
Etymology
From Latin māne ( “ morning ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈma.ne/
Rhymes: -ane
Hyphenation: mà‧ne
Noun
mane f (invariable )
( poetic , literary ) morning
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
mane
Rōmaji transcription of まね
Latin
Etymology 1
A derivative of mānus ( “ good ” ) ; see there for more.[ 1] Related to English matins and mature .
Pronunciation
Adverb
māne (not comparable )
(early ) in the morning
Noun
māne n (indeclinable )
morning
Derived terms
Descendants
Balkan-Romance:
Italo-Western Romance:
⇒ Proto-Romance: *māneānum (see there for further descendants )
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
māne
nominative / accusative / vocative neuter singular of mānis
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
manē
second-person singular present active imperative of maneō
References
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “mānus (> Derivatives > māne)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 364
Further reading
“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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
mane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
mane in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700 , pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Lithuanian
Pronoun
mane
first-person singular accusative of aš
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch māno
Noun
mâne f or m
moon
moonshine , moonlight
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *mana , from Proto-West Germanic *manu .
Noun
māne f
( usually in the plural ) mane
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Further reading
“mane (I) ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000
“mane (II) ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000
Verwijs, E. , Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “mane (I) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN , page I
Verwijs, E. , Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “mane (II) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN , page II
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English manu , from Proto-West Germanic *manu , from Proto-Germanic *manō ; compare Middle Dutch mane , Old Frisian mana , mona , and Middle Low German mane .
Pronunciation
Noun
mane (plural manes )
A mane ( hair on an animal's hind )
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Pronoun
mane
Alternative form of man ( “ one, you ” )
Etymology 3
Noun
mane
( Early Middle English or Northern) Alternative form of mone ( “ moan ” )
Etymology 4
Verb
mane
( Northern ) Alternative form of monen ( “ to lament ” )
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse máni , from Proto-Germanic *mēnô .
Noun
māne m
moon
month
Declension
Declension of māne (weak an -stem)
Descendants
Pali
Alternative scripts
𑀫𑀦𑁂 ( Brahmi script ) मने ( Devanagari script ) মনে ( Bengali script ) මනෙ ( Sinhalese script ) မနေ or မၼေ ( Burmese script ) มเน or มะเน ( Thai script ) ᨾᨶᩮ ( Tai Tham script ) ມເນ or ມະເນ ( Lao script ) មនេ ( Khmer script ) 𑄟𑄚𑄬 ( Chakma script )
Noun
mane
locative singular of manas ( “ mind ” )
Portuguese
Verb
mane
inflection of manar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English mone
Noun
mane (plural manes )
a moan , howl , or cry
a lament or dirge
a complaint
Verb
mane (third-person singular simple present manes , present participle manin , simple past maned , past participle maned )
to moan
Derived terms
Slovene
Verb
máne
third-person singular present of meti
Sotho
Adverb
mane
yonder , over there ; remote demonstrative adverb.
Spanish
Verb
mane
inflection of manar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Tarantino
Noun
mane
hand
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀuqanay , compare Balinese ᬫ᭄ᬯᬦᬶ ( muani ) , Toraja-Sa'dan muane .
Noun
mane
man , specifically adult male human
Volapük
Noun
mane
dative singular of man