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6-letter words (4 found)

LAMENT,MANTEL,MANTLE,MENTAL,

5-letter words (8 found)

AMENT,LATEN,LEANT,LEMAN,MANET,MEANT,MENTA,METAL,

4-letter words (35 found)

ALME,AMEN,ANTE,ELAN,ETNA,LAME,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAM,LEAN,LEAT,LENT,MALE,MALT,MANE,MATE,MEAL,MEAN,MEAT,MELA,MELT,MENT,META,NAME,NEAL,NEAT,NEMA,TAEL,TALE,TAME,TANE,TEAL,TEAM,TELA,

3-letter words (33 found)

ALE,ALT,AME,ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ELM,ELT,ETA,LAM,LAT,LEA,LET,MAE,MAL,MAN,MAT,MEL,MEN,MET,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAT,NET,TAE,TAM,TAN,TEA,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AL,AM,AN,AT,EA,EL,EM,EN,ET,LA,MA,ME,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 98 words from mantel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mantel

mantel

Etymology

A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæn.təl/
  • Homophones: mantle
  • Rhymes: -æntəl

Noun

mantel (plural mantels)

  1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
  2. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
    Synonym: mantelshelf

Related terms

  • mantelpiece

Translations

Verb

mantel (third-person singular simple present mantels, present participle mantelling or (US) manteling, simple past and past participle mantelled or (US) manteled)

  1. (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

Synonyms

  • mantelshelf

Anagrams

  • Lament., Mantle, lament, manlet, mantle, mental

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mantel, from Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.təl/
  • Hyphenation: man‧tel

Noun

mantel (plural mantels, diminutive manteltjie)

  1. cloak, mantle, gown
  2. (figurative) mantle
  3. jacket of an object, casing, sheathing
  4. the mantle of a planet
  5. a building's cope
  6. (rare) firescreen

Derived terms

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mantel (“tablecloth”).

Noun

mantél

  1. tablecloth

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.təl/
  • Hyphenation: man‧tel

Noun

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

  1. cape, cloak, mantle
  2. (now chiefly Belgium, elsewhere somewhat dated outside certain compounds) coat, jacket
  3. (Suriname) raincoat
    Synonyms: regenjas, regenmantel
  4. the mantle of a planet
  5. the hull of an object
  6. the mantle of a chimney or furnace
  7. scallop, bivalve of the family Pectinidae
    Synonym: mantelschelp
  8. (figurative) guise, facade (deceitful appearance, cover)
    • 1710, Joseph Merat, Josef Merats Uitgang uit Egipten, of bekeerde munnik, tr. from French by M. Kind, page 110.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mantel
  • Negerhollands: mantel
  • Petjo: mantel
  • → Caribbean Javanese: mantel
  • → Indonesian: mantel
  • → Papiamentu: mantel

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German mantel, from Latin mantellum.

Noun

mantel (genitive mantli, partitive mantlit)

  1. coat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • mantel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Further reading

  • “mantel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Alternative forms

  • mantés

Etymology

Attested in Galician since the 13th century. Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈtɛl/

Noun

mantel m (plural manteis)

  1. tablecloth
    • 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:

References

  • “mantel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mantee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mantéé” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mantel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mantel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mantel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mantel (“mantle”), from Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.təl/
  • Hyphenation: man‧têl

Noun

mantêl (first-person possessive mantelku, second-person possessive mantelmu, third-person possessive mantelnya)

  1. coat (an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms)

Further reading

  • “mantel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • mantell, mantelle, mantil, mantill, mantyll, mantle, mantyl, mentel

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mantel and Old English mentel, both ultimately from Late Latin mantēllum, later form of Latin mantēle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmantəl/, /manˈtɛːl/

Noun

mantel (plural mantles)

  1. A mantle or robe; a loose overcoat.
    1. A mantle signifying clerical, judicial or royal office.
    2. A mantle signifying a wed woman's vows of virginity.
  2. A kirtle; a short coat.
  3. A large cloth; a blanket:
    1. (figurative) A cover; something which envelopes.
    2. (figurative, rare) A pretext; an ostensible purpose.
  4. (rare) A mantle (outer body wall of a mollusc).
  5. (anatomy, rare) A region of the liver.

Derived terms

  • mantellen

Descendants

  • English: mantle, mantel
  • Scots: mantle, mantel; manteel

References

  • “mantel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel.

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantler, definite plural mantlene)

  1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
  2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
  3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

  • “mantel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel.

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantlar, definite plural mantlane)

  1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
  2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
  3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

  • “mantel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum.

Noun

mantel oblique singular, m (oblique plural manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative singular manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative plural mantel)

  1. mantle (clothing)

Descendants

  • French: manteau (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: manté
  • → Middle English: mantel (in part)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mantel. Doublet of manatki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.tɛl/
  • Rhymes: -antɛl
  • Syllabification: man‧tel

Noun

mantel m inan

  1. (archaic or Poznań) coat, overcoat, raincoat
    Synonym: płaszcz

Declension

Further reading

  • mantel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Anna Piotrowicz, Małgorzata Witaszek-Samborska (2015) “O żywotności zapożyczeń niemieckich w gwarze miejskiej Poznania”, in Gwary dziś. 7. Rocznik poświęcony dialektologii słowiańskiej (in Polish), volume 7, Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, page 203

Romanian

Noun

mantel n (plural mantele)

  1. Alternative form of mantelă

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mantel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmantɛl/
  • Rhymes: -antɛl
  • Syllabification: man‧tel

Noun

mantel m inan

  1. coat, overcoat, raincoat

Further reading

  • mantel in silling.org
  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “mantel”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 169

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium. Doublet of mandil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈtel/ [mãn̪ˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: man‧tel

Noun

mantel m (plural manteles)

  1. tablecloth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: mantél
  • → Classical Nahuatl: mantēlex

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

mantel c

  1. a mantle, a cloak, a robe
  2. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust
  3. a jacket (on a bullet)
  4. a mantel, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney

Declension

Related terms

  • mantla
  • osynlighetsmantel

References

  • mantel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mantel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mantel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • mental

Source: wiktionary.org