mantelet
French, noun\mɑ̃.tlɛ\
mantelet is spelled M-A-N-T-E-L-E-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mantelet is a French masculine noun meaning “mantle (piece of clothing), short cape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit manteau que les ecclésiastiques portent dans certaines cérémonies”.
What does mantelet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemantle (piece of clothing), short cape
- 2
masculinemantelet, shielding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit manteau que les ecclésiastiques portent dans certaines cérémonies. 2. Sorte de petit manteau, de capeline à manches qui fait partie de la toilette des femmes. 3. Sorte de machine composée de plusieurs madriers, que l’on poussait devant soi, pour se mettre à l’abri, lors de l’attaque des places fortes. 4. Volet qui servait à fermer l’ouverture d’un sabord de navire ou d’une embrasure faite pour laisser passer la volée d’un canon.
noun: 1. Laminaire du genre Laminaria cloustonii.
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 mantelet
- mantelets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantelet?
- \mɑ̃.tlɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mantelet in French?
mantelet appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).