manner

manner

See also: Manner and Männer

English

Etymology

From Middle English maner, manere, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmænə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmænɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: man‧ner
• Homophones: manor, manna

Noun

manner (plural manners)

1. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:

     The treacherous manner of his mournful death.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.

2. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

   His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.

   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times‎:

     [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.

3. One's customary method of acting; habit.

   These people have strange manners.

4. good, polite behaviour
   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 4, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, OCLC 1708336:

     Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.

5. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
6. A certain degree or measure.

   It is in a manner done already.

7. Sort; kind; style.

   All manner of persons participate.

8. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Synonyms

(mode of action): method; style; form; fashion; way

Derived terms

• bad manners
• bedside manner
• good manners
• mannered
• mannerism
• mannerist
• mannerless
• mannerly
• manner of articulation
• overmanner
• table manners
• to the manner born
• webside manner
• with the manner

 

Translations

way of performing or effecting; method or style

Arabic: أُسْلُوب‎ m (ʾuslūb) Armenian: ձեւ (hy) (jew), ոճ (hy) (oč), եղանակ (hy) (ełanak), կերպ (hy) (kerp) Bulgarian: начин (bg) m (način), способ (bg) m (sposob) Catalan: manera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 方式 (zh) (fāngshì) Czech: způsob (cs) m, styl (cs) m Danish: måde (da) c Dutch: manier (nl) f, wijze (nl) f Estonian: viis (et) Finnish: tapa (fi); tyyli (fi) (style); muoto (fi) (form) French: manière (fr) f, façon (fr) f, mode (fr) m Friulian: mût m Galician: xeito (gl) m, maneira (gl) f German: Weise (de) f, Manier (de) f Alemannic German: Fasung f Greek: Ancient: τρόπος m (trópos) Haitian Creole: fason Hungarian: mód (hu), módszer (hu) Irish: slí f Italian: maniera (it) f, modo (it) m Japanese: やり方 (ja) (やりかた, yarikata) Korean: 태도 (ko) (taedo) Latin: modus (la) m Latvian: veids m Luxembourgish: Uluecht f Macedonian: на́чин m (náčin) Maori: tū Polish: sposób (pl) m Portuguese: maneira (pt) f, modo (pt), jeito (pt) m Romanian: stil (ro) n, fel (ro) n, manieră (ro) f, mod (ro) Russian: спо́соб (ru) m (spósob), ме́тод (ru) m (métod), мане́ра (ru) f (manéra) Sanskrit: मार्ग (sa) m (mārga) Scottish Gaelic: cor m, dòigh f, giùlan m, modh m or f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ма̀нӣр m Roman: mànīr (sh) m Spanish: manera (es) f, modo (es) m, forma (es) f Swedish: sätt (sv) n Telugu: పద్ధతి (te) (paddhati), తీరు (te) (tīru), విధం (te) (vidhaṁ) Tok Pisin: pasin (tpi) Tuvan: арга (arga) Ukrainian: спо́сіб (uk) m (spósib), мане́ра f (manéra), ме́тод (uk) m (métod) Walloon: manire (wa) f, façon f Westrobothnian: tɑma m

characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

Catalan: maneres (ca) f pl Chinese: Mandarin: 風度／风度 (zh) (fēngdù) Dutch: gedrag (nl) n Finnish: käytös (fi), tavat (fi) pl Greek: Ancient: ἔθος n (éthos) Hungarian: modor (hu), stílus (hu), hangnem (hu) Japanese: マナー (ja) (manā) Luxembourgish: Uluecht f Macedonian: мани́р m (manír) Polish: maniera (pl) f Romanian: manieră (ro) f, fel (ro) n, purtare (ro) f, comportament (ro) n, conduită (ro) f Russian: мане́ра (ru) f (manéra), нрав (ru) m (nrav) Scottish Gaelic: giùlan m, dol a-mach m, modh m or f Spanish: manera (es) f, actitud (es), modos (es) Ukrainian: мане́ра f (manéra), стиль (uk) m (stylʹ), но́ров m (nórov)

one's customary method of acting; habit

Finnish: tapa (fi) Hungarian: modor (hu), viselkedés (hu) Polish: maniera (pl) f

good, polite behaviour

Bulgarian: обноски (bg) f pl (obnoski) Finnish: hyvä käytös, kohteliaisuus (fi) Hungarian: modor (hu), illem (hu), illendőség (hu), jólneveltség, etikett (hu)

characteristic peculiarity of an artist

Bulgarian: стил (bg) m (stil) Finnish: tyyli (fi) Hungarian: stílus (hu) Polish: maniera (pl) f

certain degree or measure

Finnish: tapa (fi) Hungarian: valamelyes/bizonyos mérték

sort; kind; style

Finnish: -lainen (fi) Hungarian: fajta (hu), féle (hu)

standards of conduct cultured and product of mind

Bulgarian: нрави (bg) m pl (nravi) Finnish: tavat (fi) pl

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Estonian

Alternative forms

• mander

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mander. Cognate with Finnish manner, Ingrian mantere, and Ludian mander. Compare also Udmurt мудор (mudor, “a mythical creature”) and archaic Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (mudör, “foundation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːer/

Noun

manner (genitive mandri, partitive mandrit)

1. continent
2. mainland

   Saarlased vahest käivad ka mandril.

   The people of Saaremaa sometimes also go to the mainland.

Usage notes

The definition of manner in Estonian includes 6 continents: Africa (Aafrika), Antarctica (Antarktis), Australia (Austraalia), Eurasia (Euraasia), North America (Põhja-Ameerika), and South America (Lõuna-Ameerika).

Declension

Inflection of manner (ÕS type 3/vaher, d-n gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	manner	mandrid
accusative	mandri	mandrid
genitive	mandri	mandrite
partitive	mandrit	mandreid
illative	mandrisse	mandritesse mandreisse
inessive	mandris	mandrites mandreis
elative	mandrist	mandritest mandreist
allative	mandrile	mandritele mandreile
adessive	mandril	mandritel mandreil
ablative	mandrilt	mandritelt mandreilt
translative	mandriks	mandriteks mandreiks
terminative	mandrini	mandriteni
essive	mandrina	mandritena
abessive	mandrita	mandriteta
comitative	mandriga	mandritega

See also

• maailmajagu

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Finnish

FWOTD – 25 July 2019

Alternative forms

• mantere (not as common)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mander, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] or possibly from Proto-Finnic *maa. Equivalent to *mante +‎ -re. Cognate to Estonian mander and Veps mandreh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːer/, [ˈmɑnːe̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːer
• Syllabification^(key): man‧ner

Noun

manner

1. mainland (main landmass of a country, continent or sometimes of a group of islands)
   • 1933, Bible, Ezekiel 26:6:

     Sen tytärkaupungit, jotka ovat mantereella, surmataan miekalla, ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra.

     Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.

   • 1916, Anni Swan, Iris rukka [Poor Iris], WSOY:

     Hän kuvitteli mielessään, kuinka Taneli hiihtää mantereelle, ja kuinka uteliaat kaikki olivat näkemään käärön sisällystä.

     She imagined in her mind how Taneli would ski to the mainland and how everybody would be curious to see the contents of the scroll.

2. (geology) continent

   Määritelmästä riippuen mantereita on neljä, viisi, kuusi tai seitsemän.

   Depending on definition there are four, five, six or seven continents.

3. (as modifier in compound terms) continental (of or pertaining to a continent)

   mannerjalusta ― continental shelf

Declension

Inflection of manner (Kotus type 49*J/askel, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		manner mantere	manteret mantereet
genitive		manteren mantereen	manterien mannerten mantereiden mantereitten
partitive		mannerta manteretta	manteria mantereita
illative		mantereen mantereeseen	manteriin mantereisiin mantereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		manner mantere	manteret mantereet
accusative	nom.	manner mantere	manteret mantereet
	gen.	manteren mantereen
genitive		manteren mantereen	manterien mannerten mantereiden mantereitten
partitive		mannerta manteretta	manteria mantereita
inessive		manteressa mantereessa	manterissa mantereissa
elative		manteresta mantereesta	manterista mantereista
illative		mantereen mantereeseen	manteriin mantereisiin mantereihin
adessive		manterella mantereella	manterilla mantereilla
ablative		manterelta mantereelta	manterilta mantereilta
allative		manterelle mantereelle	manterille mantereille
essive		manterena mantereena	manterina mantereina
translative		mantereksi mantereeksi	manteriksi mantereiksi
instructive		—	manterin manterein
abessive		manteretta mantereetta	manteritta mantereitta
comitative		—	manterineen mantereineen

Possessive forms of manner (type askel)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mantereni mantereeni	manteremme mantereemme
2nd person	manteresi mantereesi	manterenne mantereenne
3rd person	manterensa mantereensa

Derived terms

• mannermainen
• mannermaisesti
• mannermaisuus
• mannermaisesti
• mantereinen
• mantereisuus

Compounds

• Manner-Suomi
• mannerilmasto
• mannerjalusta
• mannerjää
• mannerjäätikkö
• mannerlaatta
• mannerliikunta
• mannerliikunto
• mannermaa
• mannermaajalusta
• mannermaalainen
• mannerrinne
• mannertenvälinen
• mannervaltio

See also

• maanosa
• tanner
• kinner
• mantu

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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Ingrian

Noun

manner

1. continent

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

manner

1. comparative degree of mann