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4-letter words (5 found)

AMEN,MANE,MEAN,NAME,NEMA,

3-letter words (9 found)

AME,ANE,EAN,MAE,MAN,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAM,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AM,AN,EA,EM,EN,MA,ME,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from mane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mane

mane

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mān, IPA(key): /meɪn/
  • Homophones: main, Maine
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”).

Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

Noun

mane (plural manes)

  2. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  4. Long or thick hair of a person's head.
  5. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.

Noun

mane

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of man (suggesting an AAVE accent)

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Noun

mane

  1. plural of maan

'Are'are

Noun

mane

  1. man

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑːˈne]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ne

Noun

mane (definite accusative maneni, plural manelər)

  1. only used in mane olmaq.

Declension

Related terms

  • maneçilik

Related terms

  • maneə

Further reading

  • “mane” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German manen (“to remind”), from Old Saxon manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, cognate with German mahnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːnə/, [ˈmæːnə]

Verb

mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, perfect tense har manet)

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (admonish): formane
  • (conjure): fremmane, besværge

Further reading

  • “mane” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “mane” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

mane

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams

  • amen, name

Eastern Arrernte

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

mane

  1. alternative form of apwerte

References

“mane” in IAD Press Arrernte Dictionary, 2003.

Esperanto

Etymology

mano (“hand”) +‎ -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

mane

  1. by hand

Gilbertese

Noun

mane

  1. man

References

  • Kiribati-English Dictionary

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monē.

Pronunciation

Noun

maṇe

  1. egg

Inflection

Further reading

  • mane in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[1], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Etymology

From Latin māne (“morning”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ane
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ne

Noun

mane f (invariable)

  1. (poetic, literary) morning

Anagrams

  • amen, mena

Japanese

Romanization

mane

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まね

Latin

Etymology 1

A derivative of mānus (“good”); see there for more. Related to English matins and mature.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.nɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ne]

Adverb

māne (not comparable)

  1. (early) in the morning

Noun

māne n (indeclinable)

  1. morning

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • dē māne
  • mānēscō
Descendants
  • Balkan-Romance:
    • Aromanian: mãni, mãne, meni
    • Romanian: mâine, mâne
  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • Italian: mane
    • Old French: main
    • Old Spanish: man
  • ⇒ Proto-Romance: *māneānum (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.nɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ne]

Adjective

māne

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mānis

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.neː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ne]

Verb

manē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of maneō

References

Further reading

  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mane in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

Pronoun

mane

  1. first-person singular accusative of aš

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch māno

Noun

mâne f or m

  1. moon
  2. moonshine, moonlight
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • manescijn
  • nieumane
Descendants
  • Dutch: maan
    • Afrikaans: maan
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: manti
    • Jersey Dutch: mân, môn
    • Negerhollands: maand, man, maen
    • → Aukan: manti
  • Limburgish: maon
  • West Flemish: moane
  • Zealandic: maene, maone

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu.

Noun

māne f

  1. (usually in the plural) mane
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: maan
    • ⇒ Afrikaans: maanhaar

Further reading

  • “mane (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “mane (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mane (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mane (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English manu, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō; compare Middle Dutch mane, Old Frisian mana, mona, and Middle Low German mane.

Alternative forms

  • mayn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːn(ə)/

Noun

mane (plural manes)

  1. A mane (hair on an animal's hind)
Descendants
  • English: mane
  • Scots: mane
References
  • “māne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mane

  1. alternative form of man (“one, you”)

Etymology 3

Noun

mane

  1. (Early Middle English or Northern) alternative form of mone (“moan”)

Etymology 4

Verb

mane

  1. (Northern) alternative form of monen (“to lament”)

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

māne m

  1. moon
  2. month

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: måne

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mane

  1. locative singular of manas (“mind”)

Portuguese

Verb

mane

  1. inflection of manar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English mone

Noun

mane (plural manes)

  1. a moan, howl, or cry
  2. a lament or dirge
  3. a complaint

Verb

mane (third-person singular simple present manes, present participle manin, simple past maned, past participle maned)

  1. to moan

Derived terms

  • mak a mane
  • mak mane
  • mak nae mane
  • manefu

Slovene

Verb

máne

  1. third-person singular present of meti

Sotho

Adverb

mane

  1. yonder, over there; remote demonstrative adverb.

Spanish

Verb

mane

  1. inflection of manar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tarantino

Alternative forms

  • màne

Noun

mane

  1. hand

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀuqanay, compare Balinese muani, Toraja-Sa'dan muane.

Noun

mane

  1. man, specifically adult male human

Volapük

Noun

mane

  1. dative singular of man

Source: wiktionary.org