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

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5-letter words (3 found)

ATMAN,MANAT,MANTA,

4-letter words (5 found)

ANTA,ATMA,MANA,NAAM,TANA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AMA,ANA,ANT,MAA,MAN,MAT,MNA,NAM,NAT,TAM,TAN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AM,AN,AT,MA,NA,TA,

You can make 26 words from manta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of manta

manta amnta mnata nmata anmta namta matna amtna mtana tmana atmna tamna mntaa nmtaa mtnaa tmnaa ntmaa tnmaa antma natma atnma tanma ntama tnama manat amnat mnaat nmaat anmat namat maant amant maant amant aamnt aamnt mnaat nmaat manat amnat namat anmat anamt naamt aanmt aanmt naamt anamt matan amtan mtaan tmaan atman taman maatn amatn maatn amatn aamtn aamtn mtaan tmaan matan amtan taman atman atamn taamn aatmn aatmn taamn atamn mntaa nmtaa mtnaa tmnaa ntmaa tnmaa mnata nmata manta amnta namta anmta mtana tmana matna amtna tamna atmna ntama tnama natma antma tanma atnma antam natam atnam tanam ntaam tnaam anatm naatm aantm aantm naatm anatm atanm taanm aatnm aatnm taanm atanm ntaam tnaam natam antam tanam atnam

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Definitions and meaning of manta

manta

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæn.tə/

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
  2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms

  • Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
  • giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

  • Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈtaʔ/, [man̪ˈtaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Conjunction

mantâ (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (formal) while/whilst

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈman.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈman.ta]

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray

Etymology 2

Adjective

manta

  1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

  • “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta

  1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

  1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta̝/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
    Synonym: cobertor
  2. runner stone (upper millstone)
  3. fry shoal

Derived terms

  • a manta

References

  • “manta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “manta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “manta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “manta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/

Noun

manta

  1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

  1. property
    valsts manta ― state, public property
    mantas nodoklis ― property tax
    mantas konfiskācija ― confiscation of property
    personiskā manta ― personal property
    novēlēt savu mantu bērniem ― bequeath his property to (his) children
  2. wealth, riches
    viņš izšķiedies svešu mantu ― he is wasting someone else's wealth
    atrast apslēptu mantu ― to find the hidden treasure
  3. things, objects
    vecu mantu uzpircējs ― old things dealer

Declension

Derived terms

  • mantība
  • mantīgs, mantīgums
  • nemantīgs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

  1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Noun

manta n

  1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

  1. sweet potato

References

  • Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: man‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

  1. manta ray
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

manta n

  1. inflection of manto:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

  • manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray
    Synonym: raia

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

  1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

  • mantie, mantă

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/ [ˈmãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: man‧ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner
    Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada, frisa
  2. poncho
  3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
  4. (zoology) manta ray
    Synonyms: mantarraya, manta gigante

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: manta
  • → Cebuano: manta
  • → English: manta; manta ray
  • → French: manta
  • → Ilocano: manta
  • → Polish: manta
  • → Tagalog: manta

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/, [ˈman.tɐ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. mantle (clothing)

Further reading

  • “manta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/

Noun

manta

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

References

  • "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition

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