manoir

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French manoir. Doublet of manor, from Old French.

Noun

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manoir (plural manoirs)

  1. A type of manor or country house.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From a substantivation of the Old French verb manoir, itself from Latin manēre (stay; remain), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (stay; stand still).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.nwaʁ/
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Noun

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manoir m (plural manoirs)

  1. manor, mansion

Descendants

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  • English: manoir

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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manoir

  1. Alternative form of maner (manor)

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From older maneir, from Latin manēre, present active infinitive of maneō.

Verb

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manoir

  1. to stay; to remain

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem main distinct from the unstressed stem man, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (manoir)