mânes

See also: manes, manés, manès, mañes, månes, and manęs

French

Etymology

From Latin manes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man/ ~ /mɑn/

Noun

mânes m pl (plural only)

1. (historical) manes
2. (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

• “mânes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.