Meanings
mane1
nounmane (plural manes)
plural manes
- Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC - Long or thick hair of a person's head.
- Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
mane2
noun
- pronunciation spellingslangAfrican-American VernacularEye dialect spelling of man.
Ayy, make this right, mane, stop at the light, mane
1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz
Mane3
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
mane · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*mony-
- Proto-Germanic*manō“mane”
- Proto-West Germanic*manu
- Old Englishmanu“mane”
- Middle Englishmane
- Englishmane
From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →mane · noun
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λοφιά, χαίτη
- λοφιά (lophiá)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- χαίτη (khaítē)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- χαίτη (khaítē)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Arabic عُرْف, لِبْدَة
- عُرْف (ʕurf)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- لِبْدَة (libda)longer hair growth around head of male lions
- عُرْف (ʕurf)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Bengali কেশর
- কেশর (keśor)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Bulgarian гри́ва, гри́ва
- гри́ва (gríva)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- гри́ва (gríva)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Catalan crinera, crin
- crineralonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- crinlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- crineralonger hair growth around head of male lions
- cabelleralonger hair growth around head of male lions
Chinese Mandarin 馬鬃 /马鬃, 獅子的鬃毛 /狮子的鬃毛
- 馬鬃 /马鬃 (mǎzōng)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- 獅子的鬃毛 /狮子的鬃毛 (shīzi de zōngmáo)longer hair growth around head of male lions
- 獅鬣 /狮鬣 (shī liè)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Czech hříva, hříva
- hřívalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- hřívalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Danish manke, man
- mankelonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- manlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- mankelonger hair growth around head of male lions
Dutch maan, maan
- maanlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- maanlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Esperanto kolharo
- kolharolonger hair growth around head of male lions
Estonian lakk
- lakklonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Finnish harja, harja
- harjalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- harjalonger hair growth around head of male lions
French crinière, crinière
- crinièrelonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- crinièrelonger hair growth around head of male lions
German Mähne, Mähne
- Mähnelonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- Mähnelonger hair growth around head of male lions
Greek χαίτη, χαίτη
- χαίτη (chaíti)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- χαίτη (chaíti)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Hebrew רעמה, רעמה
- רעמהlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- רעמה (re'amá)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Hindi याल, केसर
- याल (yāl)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- केसर (kesar)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Hungarian sörény, sörény
- sörénylonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- sörénylonger hair growth around head of male lions
Icelandic makki, fax
- makkilonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- faxlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Indonesian surai, surai
- surailonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- surailonger hair growth around head of male lions
Irish moing, moing
- moinglonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- moinglonger hair growth around head of male lions
Italian criniera, criniera
- crinieralonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- crinieralonger hair growth around head of male lions
Japanese 鬣, 鬣
- 鬣 (tategami)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- 鬣 (tategami)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Korean 갈기
- 갈기 (galgi)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Latin iuba, iuba
- iubalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- iubalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Latvian krēpes
- krēpeslonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Lithuanian karčiai
- karčiailonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Malay surai
- surailonger hair growth around head of male lions
Māori makawe, huruhuru kakī
- makawelonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- huruhuru kakīlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- makawelonger hair growth around head of male lions
- huruhuru kakīlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Norwegian man
- manlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Norwegian Bokmål man
- manlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Persian یال, فش
- یال (yâl)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- فش (faš)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- بش (boš)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- یال (yâl)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Polish grzywa, grzywa
- grzywalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- grzywalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Portuguese crina, coma
- crinalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- comalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- jubalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Romanian coamă, coamă
- coamălonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- coamălonger hair growth around head of male lions
Russian гри́ва, гри́ва
- гри́ва (gríva)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- гри́ва (gríva)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Slovak hriva, hriva
- hrivalonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- hrivalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Spanish crin, melena
- crinlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- melenalonger hair growth around head of male lions
- guedejalonger hair growth around head of male lions
Swahili arufu
- arufulonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Swedish man, man
- manlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- manlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Tagalog kiling
- kilinglonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Thai สร้อย, แผงคอ
- สร้อย (sôi)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- แผงคอ (pɛ̌ɛng kɔɔ)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Turkish yele, perçem
- yelelonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- perçemlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- yelelonger hair growth around head of male lions
- perçemlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Ukrainian гри́ва, гри́ва
- гри́ва (hrýva)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- гри́ва (hrýva)longer hair growth around head of male lions
Urdu یال
- یال (yāl)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Vietnamese bờm, bờm
- bờmlonger hair growth on back of neck of a horse
- bờmlonger hair growth around head of male lions
Welsh mwng
- mwnglonger hair growth around head of male lions
Yiddish גריווע
- גריווע (grive)longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mane
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Anagrams
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Chicago
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