mante
French, noun/mɑ̃t/
mante is spelled M-A-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mante is a French feminine noun meaning “mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement de femme, ample et sans manches, qui se porte par dessus les autres vêtements, par temps froids”.
What does mante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement de femme, ample et sans manches, qui se porte par dessus les autres vêtements, par temps froids. 2. Vêtement de ce genre que les dames portaient pendant les deuils de cour. 3. Habit que portent quelques religieuses. 4. Grande cape.
noun: 1. Insecte de l'ordre des mantoptères, dont une espèce s’appelle la mante religieuse.
noun: 1. Synonyme de diable de mer méditerranéen (poisson). 2. Synonyme de raie manta (poisson).
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 mante
- mantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mante?
- /mɑ̃t/
- \mɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mante in French?
mante appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).