mantelet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntlət/

Noun

mantelet (plural mantelets)

1. Alternative form of mantlet
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

1. mantle (piece of clothing), short cape
2. (military) mantelet, shielding

Further reading

• “mantelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Noun

mantelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural mantelés, nominative singular mantelés, nominative plural mantelet)

1. small coat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mantelet.

Noun

mantelet n (plural mantelete)

1. (military) mantlet

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mantelet	manteletul		mantelete	manteletele
genitive-dative	mantelet	manteletului		mantelete	manteletelor
vocative	manteletule			manteletelor

References

• mantelet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN