manière

Inherited from Middle French maniere, from Old French maniere, meniere, manere, itself either from a Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“belonging to the hand”), or from the Old French masculine manier, itself from the same source. Compare Occitan manièra; Catalan and Spanish manera; Portuguese maneira.

• IPA^(key): /ma.njɛʁ/

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• (Parisian) IPA^(key): [ma.njɛʁ]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [mɔ̃jæ(ɾ)]

manière f (plural manières)

1. manner, way

   Synonym: façon

   une autre manière de vivre ― another way of living

   • 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin:

     J’irai sur l’avenue embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre, à leurs froides manières ?

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manière

1. (Louisiana) somewhat, kinda, sorta, a bit, a little

   Alle est manière tchaque drette asteur. ― She's kind of drunk right now.

• “manière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

• Arménie
• marinée
• mènerai
• réanime, réanimé
• remanie, remanié

manière

1. plural of manièra