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mantelet

Meaning of "mantelet" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANTELET

From Old French, diminutive of mantelmantle.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MANTELET

ˈmæntəˌlɛt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANTELET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mantelet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANTELET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mantle (clothing)

A mantle is a type of loose garment usually worn over indoor clothing to serve the same purpose as an overcoat. Technically, the term describes a long, loose cape-like cloak worn from the 12th to the 16th century and during the American Civil War by both sexes, although by the 19th century, it was used to describe any loose-fitting, shaped woman's outer garment similar to a cape. For example, the dolman, a 19th-century cape-like garment with partial sleeves is often described as a mantle.

Definition of mantelet in the English dictionary

The definition of mantelet in the dictionary is a woman's short mantle, often lace-trimmed, worn in the mid-19th century. Other definition of mantelet is a portable bulletproof screen or shelter.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANTELET

bandelet · cassolette · Colette · Collette · epaulet · epaulette · galette · inlet · let · Lett · miquelet · novelette · outlet · raclette · rondelet · roulette · sextolet · sublet · toilette · triolet

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANTELET

manta · manta ray · manteau · manteaux · manteel · Mantegna · mantel · mantel shelf · mantelletta · mantelpiece · manteltree · mantes · mantic · mantically · manticore · mantilla · Mantinea · Mantineia · mantis · mantis crab

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANTELET

ankle bracelet · bracelet · capelet · charm bracelet · corselet · eyelet · flannelet · lancelet · lobelet · Michelet · murrelet · notelet · omelet · pikelet · platelet · spikelet · statelet · valvelet · wavelet · Western omelet

Synonyms and antonyms of mantelet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mantelet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANTELET

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The translations of mantelet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mantelet» in English.
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mantelet
1,325 millions of speakers
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mantelet
570 millions of speakers
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English

mantelet
510 millions of speakers
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mantelet
380 millions of speakers
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mantelet
280 millions of speakers
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mantelet
278 millions of speakers
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mantelet
270 millions of speakers
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mantelet
260 millions of speakers
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mantelet
220 millions of speakers
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Mantelet
190 millions of speakers
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mantelet
180 millions of speakers
ja

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mantelet
130 millions of speakers
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mantelet
85 millions of speakers
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Mantelet
85 millions of speakers
vi

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áo choàng
80 millions of speakers
ta

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mantelet
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मान्टलेट
75 millions of speakers
tr

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kısa manto
70 millions of speakers
it

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mantellina
65 millions of speakers
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mantelet
50 millions of speakers
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mantelet
40 millions of speakers
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mantelet
30 millions of speakers
el

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mantelet
15 millions of speakers
af

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manteltje
14 millions of speakers
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mantelet
10 millions of speakers
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mantelet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANTELET»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANTELET»

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Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
Fig. m: Hélène paletot, front. Fig. n: Anne Boleyn paletot, front. Fig. o: Fanchonnette mantelet,back. Fig. p: Ella mantelet, front. Fig. q: Fanchonnette mantelet, front. Fig. r: Ella mantelet, back. STREET AND DINNER DRESSES(6.5. 1868, p. 356).
Stella Blum, 2012
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The Rifle; Its Theory and Practice. [A Series of Lectures.]
57 represents the plan as applied to an ordinary mantelet or a ricochet mantelet, and fig. 58 a modification which could be used when there is a pit or sunk mantelet, as in Mr. Hill's system of marking, which will probably become very general, ...
Arthur Walker, 1864
3
Œuvres Badines Complettes, Du Comte de Caylus: Avec Figures
Mantelet , est depuis quelques années fort en ufage, pour signifier un petit Manteau de drap écarlate , de velours ou d'autre étoffe de foie , que les femmes mettent sur leurs épaules pour fe garantir du froid. Mantelet , en terme de blason  ...
Anne Claude Philippe comte de Caylus, 1787
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The Complete Costume Dictionary
2. See kappa. 3. See cloke. Mantel: Germany. Cloak. mantelet: Small mantle or short cloak. mantelet à la grand mère: Crinoline (1840–1865 C.E.). Revived mantelet style trimmed with quillings of brocaded ribbon. mantelet au lever de l' aurore: ...
Elizabeth J. Lewandowski, 2011
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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
1. Male which guides the flocks of goats, sheep or black cattle. 2. Manor, district iuherited, manor house. Minta, tf. 1 . Blanket, a woollen cover, soft and loosely woven. 2. Tapestry, paper-hauging. 3. Mantelet, a kind of movable parapet made of ...
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1837
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English in Nineteenth-Century England: An Introduction
As it is often cold at the sea-side, the mantelet scarfs are slightly wadded. At the hour of promenade, the sea-side nearly resembles the grand walk 30 of the Tuilleries, ladies and children displaying all the richness and grace of the Parisienne ...
Manfred Görlach, 1999
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The Lady's magazine (and museum). Improved ser., enlarged
Manteau-mantelet of satin, ornamented with velvet riband and chenille fringes. This manteau, or cloak, is cut in the style of a blouse (without sleeves), with a piece put in at the neck, so as to have as little fulness as possible about the body.
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Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of the Fashionable ...
Toutes ces innovations n'empêcheront pas l'aristocratie du mantelet garni de riches et hautes dentelles ; celui-ci ne descendra jamais à la modeste et simple bourgeoise : son prix élevé le réservera aux hautes classes ou aux femmes formant ...
‎1836
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A Lexicon of French Borrowings in the German Vocabulary ...
mantelet maraudierenY 415 MANTELET (subst.) < Fr. mantelet (m.) 'a mouable penthouse, or shed of boords, vnder which souldiers approaching a rampire ( rampart) are shrowded, and defended from whatsoeuer is throwne downe by the  ...
William Jervis Jones, 1976
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The Soul of the Corporation: How to Manage the Identity of ...
Moulinex was founded in the aftermath of World War II by Jean Mantelet, a self- taught engineer. Mantelet had a simple yet strong vision: offer French households innovative, quality kitchen appliances at a moderate price and create as many ...
Hamid Bouchikhi, John Robert Kimberly, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANTELET»

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Concert de chants polyphoniques le 29 novembre
... mais toujours constitué d'une aube ("càmisgiu"), tenue à la taille par un cordon ("u curdone"), et d'un mantelet ("cappelletta" ou "mantelletta"). «Le Portail des Allaudiens, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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