manière
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French maniere, from Old French maniere, meniere, manere, itself either from a Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“belonging to the hand”), or from the Old French masculine manier, itself from the same source. Compare Occitan manièra; Catalan and Spanish manera; Portuguese maneira.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manière f (plural manières)
- manner, way
- Synonym: façon
- une autre manière de vivre ― another way of living
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin:
- J’irai sur l’avenue embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre, à leurs froides manières ?
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Adverb edit
manière
- (Louisiana) somewhat, kinda, sorta, a bit, a little
- Alle est manière tchaque drette asteur. ― She's kind of drunk right now.
Further reading edit
- “manière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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manière