English Explanatory Dictionary

manna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  2. Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
  3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.
name
  1. A surname from Italian.
name
  1. A surname from Bengali.

Pronunciation

/ˈmænə/ En-us-manna.ogg

Word forms

manna mannas archaic mana

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מָן (mān)bor. Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna)der. Late Latin mannader. Old English manna Middle English English manna From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Derived words

Australian manna manna ash manna croup manna from heaven manna grass mannagrass manna gum mannalike manna mealybug manna scale manniferous mannitate mannitol mannose Persian manna tamarisk manna scale
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