manier
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere.
Noun
manier
- manner, way, mode
Dutch
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /maːˈniːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧nier
- Rhymes: -ir
Noun
manier f (plural manieren, diminutive maniertje n)
- way, manner
- Op die manier — In that manner
- (in the plural) manner, good behaviour
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: maniri
- Negerhollands: manier, mani
Anagrams
- marine
French
Etymology
From Old French manier, maneier, from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Italian maneggiare, whence French manège.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.nje/
Audio (France) (file) - Rhymes: -je
- Homophones: maniai, maniez, manié, maniée, maniées, maniés
Verb
manier
- to handle, manipulate, wield (an object)
- to use (software)
- to knead
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | manier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | maniant /ma.njɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | manié /ma.nje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | manie /ma.ni/ | manies /ma.ni/ | manie /ma.ni/ | manions /ma.njɔ̃/ | maniez /ma.nje/ | manient /ma.ni/ |
imperfect | maniais /ma.njɛ/ | maniais /ma.njɛ/ | maniait /ma.njɛ/ | maniions /ma.ni.jɔ̃/ | maniiez /ma.ni.je/ | maniaient /ma.njɛ/ | |
past historic2 | maniai /ma.nje/ | manias /ma.nja/ | mania /ma.nja/ | maniâmes /ma.njam/ | maniâtes /ma.njat/ | manièrent /ma.njɛʁ/ | |
future | manierai /ma.ni.ʁe/ | manieras /ma.ni.ʁa/ | maniera /ma.ni.ʁa/ | manierons /ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | manierez /ma.ni.ʁe/ | manieront /ma.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | manierais /ma.ni.ʁɛ/ | manierais /ma.ni.ʁɛ/ | manierait /ma.ni.ʁɛ/ | manierions /ma.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | manieriez /ma.ni.ʁje/ | manieraient /ma.ni.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | manie /ma.ni/ | manies /ma.ni/ | manie /ma.ni/ | maniions /ma.ni.jɔ̃/ | maniiez /ma.ni.je/ | manient /ma.ni/ |
imperfect2 | maniasse /ma.njas/ | maniasses /ma.njas/ | maniât /ma.nja/ | maniassions /ma.nja.sjɔ̃/ | maniassiez /ma.nja.sje/ | maniassent /ma.njas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | manie /ma.ni/ | — | manions /ma.njɔ̃/ | maniez /ma.nje/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- beurre manié
- manier l'aviron (“man the oars”)
Further reading
- “manier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- animer, Marine, marine, mariné, minera, ranime, ranimé
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
manier m
- indefinite plural of mani
Old French
Alternative forms
- maneier
- manïer (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, main + -oiier.
Verb
manier
- to handle
- late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 408 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, 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
- Nobody could handle him [the dog]
-
Conjugation
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | manier | avoir manïé | |||||
gerund | en maniant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | maniant | ||||||
past participle | manïé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | mani | manïes | manïe | manions | manïez | manïent |
imperfect | manioie, manïeie, manioe, manïeve | manioies, manïeies, manioes, manïeves | manioit, manïeit, maniot, manïeve | maniiiens, maniiens | maniiiez, maniiez | manioient, manïeient, manioent, manïevent | |
preterite | maniai | manias | mania | maniames | maniastes | manïerent | |
future | manïerai | manïeras | manïera | manïerons | manïeroiz, manïereiz, manïerez | manïeront | |
conditional | manïeroie, manïereie | manïeroies, manïereies | manïeroit, manïereit | manïeriiens, manïeriens | manïeriiez, manïeriez | manïeroient, manïereient | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses | present | mani | manis | manit | manions | manïez | manïent |
imperfect | maniasse | maniasses | maniast | maniissons, maniissiens | maniissoiz, maniissez, maniissiez | maniassent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | manïe | — | manions | manïez | — |
Descendants
- French: manier