mane

Etymology

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mān, IPA^(key): /meɪn/

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• Homophones: main, Maine
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

mane (plural manes)

1. 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.

2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Anagrams

• -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

Noun

mane

1. plural of maan

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)

1. admonish, urge
2. lay, exorcise
3. conjure

Pronunciation

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Verb

mane

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams

• amen, name

Etymology

mano (“hand”) +‎ -e

Adverb

mane

1. by hand

Romanization

mane

1. Rōmaji transcription of まね

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), hence matins and mature.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ne/, [ˈmaː.nɛ]

Adverb

māne (not comparable)

1. (early) in the morning

Noun

māne n (indeclinable)

1. morning

Adjective

māne

1. nominative neuter singular of mānis
2. accusative neuter singular of mānis
3. vocative neuter singular of mānis

Verb

manē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of maneō

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)
• mane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mane in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Pronoun

mane

1. (first-person singular) accusative form of aš.

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Further reading

• “mane (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “mane (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “mane (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “mane (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Pronoun

mane

1. Alternative form of man

References

• “man (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Etymology

From Old Norse máni, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô.

Noun

māne m

1. moon
2. month

Verb

mane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manar

Verb

mane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manar.

Alternative forms

• màne

Noun

mane

1. hand

Noun

mane

1. man, specifically adult male human

Noun

mane

1. dative singular of man