mânes
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mânes m pl (plural only)
- (historical) manes
- (literary) spirits
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 2:
- J’en viens d’immoler deux aux Mânes de mes frères
- I have just offered two of them to the spirits of my brothers
Further reading edit
- “mânes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.