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)

  1. (historical) manes
  2. (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

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