English Explanatory Dictionary

mane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
  2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.
  3. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
noun
  1. Eye dialect spelling of man.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

mān /meɪn/ en-us-mane.ogg

Word forms

mane manes

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”).

Derived words

hogmane lion's mane lion's mane jellyfish mane-comb maned maneless manelike shaggy mane unmaned
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