mantelet

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

mantelet (plural mantelets)

  1. Alternative form of mantlet
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

  1. mantle (piece of clothing), short cape
  2. (military) mantelet, shielding

Further reading

Old French

Noun

mantelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural mantelés, nominative singular mantelés, nominative plural mantelet)

  1. small coat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mantelet.

Noun

mantelet n (plural mantelete)

  1. (military) mantlet

Declension

Declension of mantelet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mantelet manteletul (niște) mantelete manteletele
genitive/dative (unui) mantelet manteletului (unor) mantelete manteletelor
vocative manteletule manteletelor

References

  • mantelet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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