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Manier
manier
manier
See also: Manier
French
Etymology
From main + -ier, from -oyer, possibly corrisponding to a Vulgar Latin root *manidiāre, from Latin manus. Compare Italian maneggiare, Spanish manejar, manear.
Pronunciation
Verb
manier
Conjugation
Conjugation of manier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | manier | avoir manié | |||||
| gerund | en maniant | en ayant manié | |||||
| present participle | maniant /ma.njɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | manié /ma.nje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | maniai /ma.nje/ |
manias /ma.nja/ |
mania /ma.nja/ |
maniâmes /ma.njam/ |
maniâtes /ma.njat/ |
manièrent /ma.njɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | manie /ma.ni/ |
manies /ma.ni/ |
manie /ma.ni/ |
maniions /ma.ni.jɔ̃/ |
maniiez /ma.ni.je/ |
manient /ma.ni/ |
| imperfect1 |
maniasse /ma.njas/ |
maniasses /ma.njas/ |
maniât /ma.nja/ |
maniassions /ma.nja.sjɔ̃/ |
maniassiez /ma.nja.sje/ |
maniassent /ma.njas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | manie /ma.ni/ |
— | manions /ma.njɔ̃/ |
maniez /ma.nje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- manier l'aviron - Man the oars
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- manïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
Verb
manier
- to handle
- late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 408 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), lines 928-9:
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ne nul nel poeit manïer
fors sul la raïne e Brenguain- Nobody could handle him [the dog]
apart from the queen and Brangain
- Nobody could handle him [the dog]
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ne nul nel poeit manïer
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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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | manïe | — | manions | manïez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: manier