different between manticore vs nue

English

Etymology

From Latin mantich?ra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (mantikh?ras), ?????????? (martikhóras), ??????????? (martiokh?ras, “man-eater; tiger”), from Old Persian *????????????????-???????????????? (*martya-?v?ra, “man-eater”).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?mænt??k??/
• Hyphenation: man?ti?core

Noun

manticore (plural manticores)

1. (Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “manticore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• cremation, crotamine

French

Noun

manticore f (plural manticores)

1. manticore

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

Etymology 1

Adjective

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *n?ba, from Latin n?bes, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newd?- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan niu, Portuguese nuve, Spanish nube.

Noun

nue f (plural nues)

2. (archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud

Usage notes

Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.

Related terms

• nuage
• nuée

Anagrams

• une

Further reading

• “nue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Japanese

Romanization

nue

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Norman

Adjective

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• nube
• nuve

Etymology

From Latin n?b?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu?e/

Noun

nue f (plural nues)

1. cloud

Unua

Noun

nue

1. water

Further reading

• Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)