manner

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmænə/
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• General-American: /ˈmænɚ/
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• rhymes with -ænə(ɹ)
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• homophone: manor
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• homophone: manna
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the Norman surname, Mesnières in France, itself from a derivative of Latin manere (“to stay”).

From Middle English manere, maner, 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.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -er English manner From man + -er.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mënyrë — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Albanian: pothë — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Arabic: أُسْلُوب (ʔuslūb) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Arabic: طَرِيقَة (ṭarīqa) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Armenian: ձեւ (jew) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Armenian: ոճ (oč) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Armenian: եղանակ (eġanak) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Armenian: կերպ (kerp) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Bulgarian: начин (način) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Bulgarian: способ (sposob) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Catalan: manera — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Catalan: mode — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Chinese Mandarin: 方式 (fāngshì) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Czech: způsob — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Czech: styl — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Danish: måde — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Dutch: manier — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Dutch: wijze — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Esperanto: maniero — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Estonian: viis — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Finnish: tapa — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Finnish: tyyli — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Finnish: muoto — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• French: manière — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• French: façon — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• French: mode — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Friulian: mût — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Galician: xeito — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Galician: maneira — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• German: Weise — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• German: Manier — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• German: Fasung — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ancient Greek: τρόπος (trópos) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Haitian Creole: fason — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Hindi: शैली (śailī) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Hungarian: mód — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Hungarian: módszer — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ingrian: tapa — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ingrian: mooto — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ingrian: viisi — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ingrian: koosi — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Irish: slí — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Italian: maniera — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Italian: modo — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Japanese: やり方 (yarikata) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Korean: 태도 (taedo) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Latin: modus — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Latvian: veids — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Luxembourgish: Uluecht — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Macedonian: на́чин (náčin) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Māori: tū — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Middle English: manere — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Polish: sposób — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Portuguese: maneira — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Portuguese: modo — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Portuguese: jeito — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Romanian: stil — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Romanian: fel — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Romanian: manieră — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Romanian: mod — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Russian: спо́соб (spósob) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Russian: ме́тод (métod) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Russian: мане́ра (manéra) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Sanskrit: मार्ग (mārga) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Scottish Gaelic: cor — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Scottish Gaelic: dòigh — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Scottish Gaelic: modh — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀нӣр — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Serbo-Croatian: mànīr — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Spanish: manera — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Spanish: modo — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Spanish: forma — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Swedish: sätt — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Telugu: తీరు (tīru) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Telugu: విధం (vidhaṁ) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Tok Pisin: pasin — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ottoman Turkish: یول (yol) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ottoman Turkish: طور (tavr, tavır) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Tuvan: арга (arga) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ukrainian: спо́сіб (spósib) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ukrainian: мане́ра (manéra) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Ukrainian: ме́тод (métod) — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Walloon: manire — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Walloon: façon — way of performing or effecting; method or style
• Catalan: maneres — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Chinese Mandarin: 風度 /风度 (fēngdù) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Chinese Mandarin: 派頭 /派头 (pàitóu) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Chinese Mandarin: 作派 (zuòpài) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Dutch: gedrag — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Esperanto: sintenado — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Finnish: käytös — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Finnish: tavat — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Ancient Greek: ἔθος (éthos) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Hungarian: modor — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Hungarian: stílus — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Hungarian: hangnem — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Japanese: マナー (manā) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Luxembourgish: Uluecht — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Macedonian: мани́р (manír) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Middle English: manere — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Polish: maniera — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Romanian: manieră — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Romanian: fel — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Romanian: purtare — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Romanian: comportament — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Romanian: conduită — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Russian: мане́ра (manéra) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Russian: нрав (nrav) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Scottish Gaelic: dol a-mach — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Scottish Gaelic: modh — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Spanish: manera — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Spanish: actitud — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Spanish: modos — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Ukrainian: мане́ра (manéra) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Ukrainian: стиль (stylʹ) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Ukrainian: но́ров (nórov) — characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• Chinese Mandarin: 舉止 /举止 (jǔzhǐ) — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Finnish: tapa — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Hindi: शैली (śailī) — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Hungarian: modor — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Hungarian: viselkedés — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Middle English: manere — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Polish: maniera — one's customary method of acting; habit
• Bulgarian: обноски (obnoski) — good, polite behaviour
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮貌 /礼貌 (lǐmào) — good, polite behaviour
• Finnish: hyvä käytös — good, polite behaviour
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus — good, polite behaviour
• Hungarian: modor — good, polite behaviour
• Hungarian: illem — good, polite behaviour
• Hungarian: illendőség — good, polite behaviour
• Hungarian: jólneveltség — good, polite behaviour
• Hungarian: etikett — good, polite behaviour
• Middle English: manere — good, polite behaviour
• Bulgarian: стил (stil) — characteristic peculiarity of an artist
• Finnish: tyyli — characteristic peculiarity of an artist
• Hungarian: stílus — characteristic peculiarity of an artist
• Polish: maniera — characteristic peculiarity of an artist
• Finnish: tapa — certain degree or measure
• Hungarian: valamelyes/bizonyos mérték — certain degree or measure
• Finnish: -lainen — sort; kind; style
• Hungarian: fajta — sort; kind; style
• Hungarian: féle — sort; kind; style
• Middle English: manere — sort; kind; style
• Polish: sposób — sort; kind; style
• Bulgarian: нрави (nravi) — standards of conduct cultured and product of mind
• Finnish: tavat — standards of conduct cultured and product of mind
• Greek: εξευγενίζω (exevgenízo) — to instill manners into