mantel

See also: mantle, Mantel, mantèl, and Mäntel

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English

Etymology

From Middle English mantel, from Old English mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), later reinforced by cognate Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, from Celtiberian *mantum, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Norse mǫttull.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.təl/
• Homophones: mantle

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. Also called a mantelshelf.

Related terms

• mantelpiece

Translations

shelf above a fireplace

• Dutch: schouw (nl)
• Finnish: takanreunus
• German: Kaminregal n

• Russian: каминная полка (kaminnaja polka)
• Scots: chumli-brace
• Westrobothnian: gravsyll f, späis-sill f

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

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mantel (“tablecloth”).

Noun

mantél

1. tablecloth

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

1. cloak, mantle
2. surface (literal), lack of substance (figurative)

Derived terms

• aardmantel
• mantelpakje (women's formal/business suit)

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Indonesian

Noun

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

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

This Indonesian entry was created from the translations listed at coat. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mantel in the Indonesian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2008

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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.

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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.

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Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

mantel 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)
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette' (in Old French):

     Fiert si que lo mantel li tranche

     He hit him so that he cut his mantle

Descendants

• English: mantle, mantel
• French: manteau
  • → English: manteau

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Polish

Etymology

From German Mantel.

Noun

mantel

1. coat

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠nˈte̞l]

Noun

mantel m (plural manteles)

1. tablecloth

Derived terms

• mantelería

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: mantēlex

Descendants

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

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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

Declension of mantel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mantel	manteln	mantlar	mantlarna
Genitive	mantels	mantelns	mantlars	mantlarnas

Related terms

• mantla
• osynlighetsmantel