manière
French, noun
manière is spelled M-A-N-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written French, the 426th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manière is a French feminine noun meaning “manner, way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, maniéré is a different word: “mannered”. With an accent, maniére is a different word: “alternative form of manière”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Façon dont une chose se produit”.
What does manière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanner, way
une autre manière de vivre
adverb
- 1
somewhat, kinda, sorta, a bit, a little
Alle est manière tchaque drette asteur.
adjective
- 1
mannered
- 2
affected, mincing
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of manière
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Façon dont une chose se produit. 2. Façon dont on agit, dont on parle, dont on pense. 3. Façon d’agir habituelle. 4. Savoir-vivre
adjective: 1. Qui se fait remarquer par l’affectation de son maintien, de ses manières.
noun: 1. Ancienne orthographe de manière.
noun: 1. Variante de manière.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manière
- manières plural
- maniérée feminine
- maniérés masculine plural
- maniérées feminine plural
- maniéres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manière in French?
manière appears 191 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).