mantell
See also: Mantell
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mantellum (“cloak”), diminutive of mantum, of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
mantell m (plural mantells)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mantell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “mantell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “mantell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Middle English
Noun
mantell
- alternative form of mantel
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh mantell, from Proto-Brythonic *mantell (compare Old Cornish mantel, Middle Breton and Breton mantel, mantell), from Latin mantellum (“cloak”), diminutive of mantum, of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmantɛɬ/
Noun
mantell f (plural mentyll)
Derived terms
- mantell dramor f (“painted lady (butterfly)”)
- mantell dywyll f (“achymist (moth)”)
- mantell Fair f (“lady's mantle”)
- mantell fapadeiniog f (“map (butterfly)”)
- mantell garpiog f (“comma butterfly”)
- mantell nwy f (“gas mantle”)
- mantell wen f (“white admiral butterfly”)
- y fantell goch f (“red admiral butterfly”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| mantell | fantell | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mantell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies