mane

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
  2. noun growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

Etymology

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

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