manier

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere.

Noun

manier

  1. manner, way, mode

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˈniːr/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧nier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

manier f (plural manieren, diminutive maniertje n)

  1. way, manner
    Op die manier — In that manner
  2. (in the plural) manner, good behaviour

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: maniri
  • Negerhollands: manier, mani

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French manier, maneier, from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Italian maneggiare, whence French manège.

Pronunciation

Verb

manier

  1. to handle, manipulate, wield (an object)
  2. to use (software)
  3. to knead

Conjugation

Conjugation of manier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple manier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maniant
/ma.njɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle manié
/ma.nje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present manie
/ma.ni/ 		manies
/ma.ni/ 		manie
/ma.ni/ 		manions
/ma.njɔ̃/ 		maniez
/ma.nje/ 		manient
/ma.ni/
imperfect maniais
/ma.njɛ/ 		maniais
/ma.njɛ/ 		maniait
/ma.njɛ/ 		maniions
/ma.ni.jɔ̃/ 		maniiez
/ma.ni.je/ 		maniaient
/ma.njɛ/
past historic2 maniai
/ma.nje/ 		manias
/ma.nja/ 		mania
/ma.nja/ 		maniâmes
/ma.njam/ 		maniâtes
/ma.njat/ 		manièrent
/ma.njɛʁ/
future manierai
/ma.ni.ʁe/ 		manieras
/ma.ni.ʁa/ 		maniera
/ma.ni.ʁa/ 		manierons
/ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/ 		manierez
/ma.ni.ʁe/ 		manieront
/ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/
conditional manierais
/ma.ni.ʁɛ/ 		manierais
/ma.ni.ʁɛ/ 		manierait
/ma.ni.ʁɛ/ 		manierions
/ma.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ 		manieriez
/ma.ni.ʁje/ 		manieraient
/ma.ni.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present manie
/ma.ni/ 		manies
/ma.ni/ 		manie
/ma.ni/ 		maniions
/ma.ni.jɔ̃/ 		maniiez
/ma.ni.je/ 		manient
/ma.ni/
imperfect2 maniasse
/ma.njas/ 		maniasses
/ma.njas/ 		maniât
/ma.nja/ 		maniassions
/ma.nja.sjɔ̃/ 		maniassiez
/ma.nja.sje/ 		maniassent
/ma.njas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — manie
/ma.ni/ 		— manions
/ma.njɔ̃/ 		maniez
/ma.nje/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Noun

manier m

  1. indefinite plural of mani

Old French

Alternative forms

  • maneier
  • manïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, main +‎ -oiier.

Verb

manier

  1. to handle
    • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 408, lines 928–9:
      ne nul nel poeit manïer
      fors sul la raïne e Brenguain
      Nobody could handle him
      apart from the queen and Brangain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of manier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive manier avoir manïé
gerund en maniant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle maniant
past participle manïé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present mani manïes manïe manions manïez manïent
imperfect manioie, manïeie, manioe, manïeve manioies, manïeies, manioes, manïeves manioit, manïeit, maniot, manïeve maniiiens, maniiens maniiiez, maniiez manioient, manïeient, manioent, manïevent
preterite maniai manias mania maniames maniastes manïerent
future manïerai manïeras manïera manïerons manïeroiz, manïereiz, manïerez manïeront
conditional manïeroie, manïereie manïeroies, manïereies manïeroit, manïereit manïeriiens, manïeriens manïeriiez, manïeriez manïeroient, manïereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present mani manis manit manions manïez manïent
imperfect maniasse maniasses maniast maniissons, maniissiens maniissoiz, maniissez, maniissiez maniassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— manïe — manions manïez —

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

manier

  1. indefinite plural of mani
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