manoir

manoir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French manoir. Doublet of manor, from Old French.

Noun

manoir (plural manoirs)

1. A type of manor or country house.

Anagrams

• A minor, A-minor, Mainor, Marion, Morian, Romani, Romina, in mora, inamor, mainor, roamin'

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French

Etymology

From a substantivation of the Old French verb manoir, itself from Latin manēre, present active infinitive of maneō (“stay; remain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“stay; stand still”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nwaʁ/

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Noun

manoir m (plural manoirs)

1. manor, mansion

Further reading

• “manoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “manoir” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
• “manoir” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Anagrams

• Marion, minora, romain, Romain

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Middle English

Noun

manoir

1. Alternative form of maner (“manor”)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• maindre
• maneir
• meindre

Etymology

From older maneir, from Latin manēre, present active infinitive of maneō.

Verb

manoir

1. to stay; to remain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem main distinct from the unstressed stem man, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of manoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		manoir			avoir manu, masu, mes
gerund		en manant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		manant
past participle		manu, masu, mes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	maing, main	mains	maint	manons	manez	mainent
	imperfect	manoie, maneie	manoies, maneies	manoit, maneit	maniiens, maniens	maniiez, maniez	manoient, maneient
	preterite	mes, mains	maṣis, meṣis, mainsis	mest, mainst	maṣimes, meṣimes, mainsimes	maṣistes, meṣistes, mainsistes	mesdrent, mainstrent
	future	mandrai, maindrai	mandras, maindras	mandra, maindra	mandrons, maindrons	mandroiz, mandreiz, mandrez, maindroiz, maindreiz, maindrez	mandront, maindront
	conditional	mandroie, mandreie, maindroie, maindreie	mandroies, mandreies, maindroies, maindreies	mandroit, mandreit, maindroit, maindreit	mandriiens, mandriens, maindriiens, maindriens	mandriiez, mandriez, maindriiez, maindriez	mandroient, mandreient, maindroient, maindreient
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	maigne	maignes	maigne	maigniens, maignons	maigniez	maignent
	imperfect	maṣisse, mainsisse	maṣisses, mainsisses	maṣist, mainsist	maṣissons, maṣissiens, mainsissons, mainsissiens	maṣissoiz, maṣissez, maṣissiez, mainsissoiz, mainsissez, mainsissiez	maṣissent, mainsissent
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	–
		—	main	—	manons	manez	—

Synonyms

• remanoir

Antonyms

• aler
• departir
• fuir
• partir

Derived terms

• mainage, menage

Descendants

• → Middle English: maner
  • English: manor
  • Scots: maner
• French: manoir
  • → English: manoir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (manoir)