Standard Lemma guide

mane

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • mān
  • /meɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: main
  • homophone: Maine
  • rhymes with -eɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Eye dialect spelling of man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

Narrower terms: encolure

7

noun

Meaning 7

growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head of hair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

History

Etymology

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”).

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.

Across languages

Translations

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: krifë — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Southern Altai: јал (ǰal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Arabic: عُرْف (ʕurf) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Armenian: բաշ (baš) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Aromanian: coamã — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Assamese: কেশাৰ (kexar) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Asturian: clina — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Avar: жал (žal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Azerbaijani: yal — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Bashkir: ял (yal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Belarusian: гры́ва (hrýva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Bengali: কেশর (keśor) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Bulgarian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Burmese: မှင်ဆံ (hmanghcam) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Burmese: လည်ဆံ (lanyhcam) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Buryat: дэлһэн (delhen) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Catalan: crinera — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Catalan: crin — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Chechen: кхес (qes) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬鬃 /马鬃 (mǎzōng) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Chuvash: ҫилхе (śilh̬e) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Czech: hříva — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Danish: manke — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Danish: man — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Dutch: maan — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Estonian: lakk — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Faroese: faks — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Faroese: framfaks — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Faroese: mon — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Finnish: harja — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • French: crinière — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Galician: crina — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Galician: coma — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Georgian: ფაფარი (papari) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • German: Mähne — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Greek: χαίτη (chaíti) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Ancient Greek: λοφιά (lophiá) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Ancient Greek: χαίτη (khaítē) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Hebrew: רעמה — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Hindi: याल (yāl) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Hindi: केसर (kesar) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • White Hmong: txoob — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Hungarian: sörény — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Icelandic: makki — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Icelandic: fax — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Indonesian: surai — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Ingush: кхес (qes) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Irish: moing — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Italian: criniera — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Japanese: 鬣 (tategami) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Kalmyk: дел (del) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Kashubian: grzëwa — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Kazakh: жал (jal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Khakas: чилін (çilìn) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Khmer: សយ (sɑɑy) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Korean: 갈기 (galgi) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Central Kurdish: بژ (bij) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Kyrgyz: жал (jal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Lao: ແຜງຄໍ (phǣng khǭ) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Lao: ແຜງ (phǣng) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Latgalian: krēpis — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Latin: iuba — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Latvian: krēpes — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Lithuanian: karčiai — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Macedonian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᠯᡠᠨ (delun) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Māori: makawe — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Māori: huruhuru kakī — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Mongolian: дэл (del) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠯ (del) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Navajo: atsiighaʼ — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: man — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Church Slavic: грива (griva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Old East Slavic: грива (griva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 (yél, yiél) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Persian: یال (yâl) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Persian: فش (faš) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Persian: بش (boš) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Polish: grzywa — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Portuguese: crina — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Portuguese: coma — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Romanian: coamă — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Russian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: гри̏ва — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȉva — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Shor: чал — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Slovak: hriva — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Slovene: griva — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Lower Sorbian: griwa — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Upper Sorbian: hriwa — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Spanish: crin — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Swahili: arufu — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Swedish: man — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tagalog: kiling — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tajik: ёл (yol) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tajik: фуш (fuš) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tatar: ял (yal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tetum: fuuk — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Thai: สร้อย (sôi) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Thai: แผงคอ (pɛ̌ɛng kɔɔ) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tibetan: ཟེ (ze) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Turkish: yele — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Turkish: perçem — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Ottoman Turkish: یله (yele) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Turkmen: ýal — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Tuvan: чел (çel) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Ukrainian: гри́ва (hrýva) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Urdu: یال (yāl) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Uyghur: يال (yal) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Uzbek: yol — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Vietnamese: bờm — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Walloon: caime — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Walloon: crinire — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Yakut: сиэл (siel) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Yiddish: גריווע (grive) — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Yoruba: gọgọ — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Zazaki: tulık — longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  • Arabic: لِبْدَة (libda) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Arabic: عُرْف (ʕurf) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Asturian: melena — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Belarusian: гры́ва (hrýva) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Bulgarian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Catalan: crinera — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Catalan: cabellera — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獅子的鬃毛 /狮子的鬃毛 (shīzi de zōngmáo) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獅鬣 /狮鬣 (shī liè) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Czech: hříva — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Danish: manke — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Dutch: maan — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Esperanto: kolharo — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Finnish: harja — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • French: crinière — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Galician: melena — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Georgian: ფაფარი (papari) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • German: Mähne — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Greek: χαίτη (chaíti) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Ancient Greek: χαίτη (khaítē) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Hebrew: רעמה (re'amá) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Hungarian: sörény — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Indonesian: surai — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Irish: moing — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Italian: criniera — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Japanese: 鬣 (tategami) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Latin: iuba — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Macedonian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Malay: surai — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Māori: makawe — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Māori: huruhuru kakī — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Navajo: atsiighaʼ — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Norwegian: man — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Persian: یال (yâl) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Polish: grzywa — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Portuguese: juba — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Romanian: coamă — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Russian: гри́ва (gríva) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Serbo-Croatian: гри̏ва — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȉva — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Slovak: hriva — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Slovene: griva — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Spanish: melena — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Spanish: guedeja — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Swedish: man — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Telugu: జూలు (jūlu) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Turkish: yele — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Turkish: perçem — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Ottoman Turkish: یله (yele) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Ukrainian: гри́ва (hrýva) — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Vietnamese: bờm — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Welsh: mwng — longer hair growth around head of male lions
  • Yoruba: gọgọ — longer hair growth around head of male lions