manea

See also: mânea and Manea

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مانی (mani, poem), from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈne̯a/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ma‧neá

Noun

manea f (plural manele)

  1. a type of folk music (often involving love songs) with originally Turkish and/or Middle Eastern influences

Usage notes

As a modern genre of music, it is most commonly referred to in its plural form, manele.

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnea/ [maˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: ma‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from manear.

Noun

manea f (plural maneas)

  1. hobble
    Synonyms: traba, suelta, atadura

Verb

manea

  1. inflection of manear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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