different between poise vs manner

English

Etymology

From Middle English poys, poyse, from Anglo-Norman pois, Middle French pois (“weight”) and Anglo-Norman poise, Middle French poise (“measure of weight”), from Latin p?ns?re (“to ponder, weight, think”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: poyz, IPA^(key): /p??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

poise (countable and uncountable, plural poises)

1. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

   • plants and animals, which are all made up of and nourished by water, and perhaps never return to water again, do not keep things at a poise

2. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
3. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
4. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
5. (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
6. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
7. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
8. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
   • 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence

     Men of an unbounded imagination […] often wanted the poise of judgment.

Derived terms

Related terms

• peso
• pansy
• pensive
• avoirdupois

Translations

Verb

poise (third-person singular simple present poises, present participle poising, simple past and past participle poised)

1. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
   • 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside

     The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in the air.

2. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
   • 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden

     to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit

3. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh. [14th-17th c.]
4. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down. [16th-18th c.]
5. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. [from 16th c.]
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, I.2:

     you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye.

6. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. [from 16th c.]

   I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.

   to poise the scales of a balance
7. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. [from 17th c.]

   The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.

8. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

   • He cannot sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• poise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• speoi

Old French

Alternative forms

• peise (Anglo-Norman)

Noun

poise f (oblique plural poises, nominative singular poise, nominative plural poises)

1. weight
2. a unit of measure of unknown value (which presumably varied because of the technology of the time)

Descendants

• ? English: poise

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (poise)

English

Etymology

From Middle English maner, manere, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *man?ria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn?/
• Hyphenation: man?ner
• Homophones: manor, manna

Noun

manner (plural manners)

1. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
2. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
3. One's customary method of acting; habit.

4. good, polite behaviour
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Vol. I, Ch. 4

     Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.
5. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
6. A certain degree or measure.

7. Sort; kind; style.

8. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Synonyms

(mode of action): method; style; form; fashion; way

Derived terms

Translations

Estonian

Alternative forms

• mander

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *manta. Cognate with Finnish manner, Ingrian mantere, and Ludian mander. Compare also Udmurt ????? (mudor, “a mythical creature”) and archaic Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (mudör, “foundation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?er/

Noun

manner (genitive mandri, partitive mandrit)

1. continent
2. mainland

Usage notes

The definition of manner in Estonian includes 6 continents: Africa (Aafrika), Antarctica (Antarktis), Australia (Austraalia), Eurasia (Euraasia), North America (Põhja-Ameerika), and South America (Lõuna-Ameerika).

Declension

See also

• maailmajagu

Finnish

Alternative forms

• mantere (not as common)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Finnic *manta with +? -re, possibly from Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognate to Estonian mander and Veps mandreh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?er/, [?m?n?e?r]
• Rhymes: -?n?er
• Syllabification: man?ner

Noun

manner

1. mainland (main landmass of a country, continent or sometimes of a group of islands)

   Sen tytärkaupungit, jotka ovat mantereella, surmataan miekalla, ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra. (Hesekiel 26:6, Raamattu, vuoden 1933 käännös)

   Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 26:6, New American Standard Bible)

   Ahvenanmaan suurinta saarta kutsutaan usein mantereeksi.

   The largest island of Åland archipelago is often called mainland.
2. (geology) continent

   Määritelmästä riippuen mantereita on neljä, viisi, kuusi tai seitsemän.

   Depending on definition there are four, five, six or seven continents.

3. (as modifier in compound terms) continental (of or pertaining to a continent)

Declension

Derived terms

• mannermainen
• mannermaisesti
• mannermaisuus
• mannermaisesti
• mantereinen
• mantereisuus

Compounds

See also

• maanosa
• tanner
• kinner
• mantu

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, ?ISBN

Ingrian

Noun

manner

1. continent

Luxembourgish

Adjective

manner

1. comparative degree of mann