mânes

See also: manes, manés, manès, mañes, månes, and manęs

French

Etymology

From Latin manes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /man/, /mɑn/

Noun

mânes m pl (plural only)

(historical) manes
(literary) spirits
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 2:
  J’en viens d’immoler deux aux Mânes de mes frères
  I have just offered two of them to the spirits of my brothers

Further reading

“mânes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.