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Webster 1913 Edition
Mane
Mane
(mān)
, Noun.
[AS.
manu
; akin to OD. mane
, D. maan
, G. mähne
, OHG. mana
, Icel. mön
, Dan. & Sw. man
, AS. mene
necklace, Icel. men
, L. monile
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], Skr. manyā
neck muscles. √275.] The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of
Horse
. Webster 1828 Edition
Mane
MANE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Mane
mane
mane
English
Noun
mane (plural manes)
- 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.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- Long or thick hair of a person's head.
Translations
longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
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longer hair growth around head of male lions
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German manen (“remind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːnə/, [ˈmæːnə], [ˈmæːn̩]
Verb
mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, perfect tense har manet)
Synonyms
- (admonish): formane
- (conjure): fremmane, besværge
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), hence matins and mature.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ne/, [ˈma.nɛ]
Adverb
māne (not comparable)
Descendants
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mane”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- mane in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Noun
māne n (indeclinable)
Derived terms
- *maneana (Vulgar Latin)
Adjective
māne
- nominative neuter singular of mānis
- accusative neuter singular of mānis
- vocative neuter singular of mānis
Verb
manē
- second-person singular present active imperative of maneō
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse máni, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô.
Noun
māne m
Declension
Declension of māne (an-stem)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | māne | mānen | mānar | mānarnir |
accusative | māna | mānan | māna | mānana |
dative | māna | mānanom | mānom | mānonom |
genitive | māna | mānans | māna | mānanna |
Descendants
- Swedish: måne
Portuguese
Verb
mane
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manar
Spanish
Verb
mane
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of manar.