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English

Etymology

From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.

Noun

mantua (plural mantuas)

1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
2. (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
   • 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary

     Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]

3. (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
4. (obsolete) A woman's gown.

Anagrams

• tamanu

English

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms

• Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
• giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

• Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?man.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

Etymology 2

Adjective

manta

1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta

1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta?/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

     e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

     and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

   Synonym: cobertor

2. runner stone (upper millstone)
3. fry shoal

Derived terms

• a manta

References

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

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta
• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

2. wealth, riches

3. things, objects

Declension

Derived terms

• mant?ba
• mant?gs, mant?gums
• nemant?gs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?taq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

manta n

1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

1. sweet potato

References

• Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

From Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

1. manta ray

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

manta n

1. genitive singular of manto
2. nominative plural of manto
3. accusative plural of manto
4. vocative plural of manto

Further reading

• manta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??.t?/
• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

• mantie, mant?

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/, [?mãn?.t?a]

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner

   Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada

2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. (zoology) manta ray

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

• "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition