different between mantel vs mantelshelf

English

Etymology

From Middle English mantel, from Old English mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), later reinforced by cognate Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mant?llum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, from Celtiberian *mantum, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Norse m?ttull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn.t?l/
• Homophones: mantle
• Rhymes: -ænt?l

Noun

mantel (plural mantels)

1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
2. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.

Related terms

• mantelpiece

Translations

Verb

mantel (third-person singular simple present mantels, present participle mantelling or (US) manteling, simple past and past participle mantelled or (US) manteled)

1. (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

Synonyms

• mantelshelf

Anagrams

• Lament., Mantle, lament, manlet, mantle, mental

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mantel, from Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mant?llum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.t?l/
• Hyphenation: man?tel

Noun

mantel (plural mantels, diminutive manteltjie)

1. cloak, mantle, gown
2. (figurative) mantle
3. jacket of an object, casing, sheathing
4. the mantle of a planet
5. a building's cope
6. (rare) firescreen

Derived terms

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mantel (“tablecloth”).

Noun

mantél

1. tablecloth

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mant?llum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.t?l/
• Hyphenation: man?tel

Noun

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

1. cape, cloak, mantle
2. (now chiefly Belgium, elsewhere somewhat dated outside certain compounds) coat, jacket
3. (Suriname) raincoat

   Synonyms: regenjas, regenmantel

4. the mantle of a planet
5. the hull of an object
6. the mantle of a chimney or furnace
7. scallop, bivalve of the family Pectinidae

   Synonym: mantelschelp

8. (figuratively) guise, facade (deceitful appearance, cover)
   • 1710, Joseph Merat, Josef Merats Uitgang uit Egipten, of bekeerde munnik, tr. from French by M. Kind, page 110.

   • 1836 October 1, "Den Z. Eerw. Heeren F. J. van Vree en J. G. Wennekendonk", Catholijke Nederlandsche stemmen, vol. 2, no. 40, page 320, footnote 2.

   • 1869, Hans Wachenhusen, Het leven te Parijs onder het tweede Keizerrijk, tr. by J. van Gogh, page 22.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mantel
• ? Indonesian: mantel

Estonian

Noun

mantel (genitive mantli, partitive mantlit)

1. coat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• mantel in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Galician

Alternative forms

• mantés

Etymology

Attested in Galician since the 13th century. A borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin mant?le, mant?lium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man?t?l/

Noun

mantel m (plural manteis)

1. tablecloth
   • 1257, A. Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:

     cada ano unos bóós mantééns de VIIIj. uaras enlongo et de v. palmos en ancho parao refertoyro da grana

     each year, some good tablecloth, 8 yards long and 5 palms wide, for the refectory of the farm

   • 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:

     Iten dous candeiros de ferro, hun rello de rellar pan, hun qestella de mantees cobertoyras

     Item, two iron candlesticks, a scrapper for bread, a basket with tablecloths

References

• “mantel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mantee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mantéé” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mantel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mantel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mantel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mantel (“mantle”), from Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mant?llum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.t?l/
• Hyphenation: man?têl

Noun

mantêl (first-person possessive mantelku, second-person possessive mantelmu, third-person possessive mantelnya)

1. coat (an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms)

Further reading

• “mantel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantler, definite plural mantlene)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

• “mantel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

Noun

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantlar, definite plural mantlane)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

References

• “mantel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin mant?llum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum

Noun

mantel m (oblique plural manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative singular manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative plural mantel)

1. mantle (clothing)

Descendants

• English: mantle, mantel
• French: manteau
  • ? English: manteau

Polish

Etymology

From German Mantel, from Middle High German, from Old High German mantal, from Late Latin mantum, back-formation from Latin mantellum, from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.t?l/

Noun

mantel m inan

1. (Pozna?, Cieszyn Silesia) coat, overcoat, raincoat

   Synonym: p?aszcz

Declension

Further reading

• mantel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mantel.

Noun

mantel m

1. overcoat, raincoat

Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin mant?le, mant?lium. Doublet of mandil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man?tel/, [mãn??t?el]

Noun

mantel m (plural manteles)

1. tablecloth

Derived terms

• mantelería
• manchamanteles
• salvamanteles

Descendants

• Chavacano: mantél
• ? Classical Nahuatl: mant?lex

Descendants

• “mantel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

mantel c

1. a mantle, a cloak, a robe
2. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust
3. a jacket (on a bullet)
4. a mantel, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney

Declension

Related terms

• mantla
• osynlighetsmantel

Anagrams

• mental

English

Etymology

mantel +? shelf

Noun

mantelshelf (plural mantelshelves)

1. A shelf above a fireplace.
2. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

Synonyms

• (climbing maneuver): mantel

Related terms

• mantelpiece