See also: Manier

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere.

Noun edit

manier

  1. manner, way, mode

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maːˈniːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun edit

manier f (plural manieren, diminutive maniertje n)

  1. way, manner
    Op die manier — In that manner
  2. (in the plural) manner, good behaviour

Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: maniri
  • Negerhollands: manier, mani

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French manier, maneier, from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (hand). Compare Italian maneggiare, whence French manège.

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Verb edit

manier

  1. to handle, manipulate, wield (an object)
  2. to use (software)
  3. to knead

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

manier m

  1. indefinite plural of mani

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

  • maneier
  • manïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (hand). By surface analysis, main +‎ -oiier.

Verb edit

manier

  1. to handle
    • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 408, lines 928–9:
      ne nul nel poeit manïer
      fors sul la raïne e Brenguain
      Nobody could handle him [the dog]
      apart from the queen and Brangain

Conjugation edit

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Noun edit

manier

  1. indefinite plural of mani