Meanings
manners1
noun
- pluralplural of manner
nounmanners pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyEtiquette.
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing, When thou art all the better part of me?
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 39”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC - pluralplural onlyGood manners.
When you come to this time of abatement, / To this passing from Summer to Fall, / It is manners to issue a statement / As to what you got out of it all.
1936, Dorothy Parker, “The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk”, in The collected poetry of Dorothy Parker, page 170
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of manner
Manners2
Manners3
proper noun
- pluralplural of Manner
Origin
Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Masnières in France.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan maneres
- maneresetiquette
Chinese Mandarin 規矩 /规矩, 禮貌 /礼貌
- 規矩 /规矩 (guījǔ)etiquette
- 禮貌 /礼貌 (lǐmào)etiquette
- 禮儀 /礼仪 (lǐyí)etiquette
Danish manerer
- manereretiquette
Dutch omgangsvormen
- omgangsvormenetiquette
Esperanto moroj
- morojetiquette
Finnish käytöstavat
- käytöstavatetiquette
French mœurs, manières
- mœursetiquette
- manièresetiquette
German Manieren
- Manierenetiquette
Hebrew הוי
- הוי (havai)etiquette
Irish béasa
- béasaetiquette
Italian comportamento, maniera
- comportamentoetiquette
- manieraetiquette
- modietiquette
- educazioneetiquette
- etichettaetiquette
Japanese 礼儀, 礼儀作法
- 礼儀 (reigi)etiquette
- 礼儀作法 (reigi sahō)etiquette
Korean 예의, 례의
- 예의 (yeui)etiquette
- 례의 (ryeui)etiquette
Polish maniery
- manieryetiquette
Portuguese etiqueta, maneiras
- etiquetaetiquette
- maneirasetiquette
Russian мане́ры
- мане́ры (manéry)etiquette
Scottish Gaelic modh
- modhetiquette
Spanish modales, modales (disused)
- modalesetiquette
- modales (disused)etiquette
Ukrainian мане́ри
- мане́ри (manéry)etiquette
Urdu اطوار
- اطوار (atwār)etiquette
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
manners. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manners
MLA
“manners.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manners. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manners,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manners.
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