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Yes. The word manes is a Scrabble US word. The word manes is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word manes is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3A1N1E1S1

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5-letter words (8 found)

AMENS,MANES,MANSE,MEANS,MENSA,NAMES,NEMAS,SAMEN,

4-letter words (20 found)

AMEN,AMES,ANES,EANS,MAES,MANE,MANS,MASE,MEAN,MESA,MNAS,NAES,NAME,NAMS,NEMA,SAME,SANE,SEAM,SEAN,SENA,

3-letter words (22 found)

AME,ANE,ANS,EAN,EAS,EMS,ENS,MAE,MAN,MAS,MEN,MES,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAS,SAE,SAM,SAN,SEA,SEN,SMA,

2-letter words (12 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 63 words from manes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of manes

manes amnes mnaes nmaes anmes names maens amens means emans aemns eamns mneas nmeas menas emnas nemas enmas anems naems aenms eanms neams enams manse amnse mnase nmase anmse namse masne amsne msane smane asmne samne mnsae nmsae msnae smnae nsmae snmae ansme nasme asnme sanme nsame sname maesn amesn measn emasn aemsn eamsn masen amsen msaen smaen asmen samen mesan emsan msean smean esman seman aesmn easmn asemn saemn esamn seamn mnesa nmesa mensa emnsa nemsa enmsa mnsea nmsea msnea smnea nsmea snmea mesna emsna msena smena esmna semna nesma ensma nsema snema esnma senma anesm naesm aensm eansm neasm enasm ansem nasem asnem sanem nsaem snaem aesnm easnm asenm saenm esanm seanm nesam ensam nseam sneam esnam senam

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Definitions and meaning of manes

manes

Etymology 1

From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mäʹnāz, IPA(key): /ˈmɑːneɪz/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːneɪz

Noun

manes pl (plural only)

  1. The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.
Related terms
  • manism
  • manist
Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mānz, IPA(key): /meɪnz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnz

Noun

manes

  1. plural of mane

Anagrams

  • Means, Mensa, Seman, amens, manse, means, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

Asturian

Noun

manes

  1. plural of mano

Catalan

Verb

manes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of manar

Latin

Etymology 1

Substantive use of the masculine plural of Old Latin mānis (“good”), so originally "the good ones".

Alternative forms

  • Manes

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.neːs/, [ˈmäːneːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.nes/, [ˈmäːnes]

Noun

mānēs m pl (genitive mānium); third declension

  1. spirits of the dead, shades, ghosts
  2. the spirit of a specific dead person
  3. remains, the ashes or corpse of a dead person
  4. Hades, the netherworld
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: manes
  • French: mânes pl
  • German: Manen pl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.neːs/, [ˈmäːneːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.nes/, [ˈmäːnes]

Adjective

mānēs

  1. (Old Latin) nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine singular of mānis (“good”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.neːs/, [ˈmäneːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.nes/, [ˈmäːnes]

Verb

manēs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of maneō

References

  • “manes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • manes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “manes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3]
  • “manes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “manes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “manes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Noun

manes

  1. plural of mane

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nes

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin manes.

Noun

manes m pl (plural only)

  1. (Roman mythology) manes (spirits of the dead)

Etymology 2

Verb

manes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of manar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanes/ [ˈma.nes]
  • Rhymes: -anes
  • Syllabification: ma‧nes

Etymology 1

Noun

manes m pl (plural only)

  1. manes (souls)

Etymology 2

Verb

manes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of manar

Further reading

  • “manes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Noun

manes

  1. dative plural of man

Source: wiktionary.org