mantel

From Middle English mantel, from Old English mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), later reinforced by cognate Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, from Celtiberian *mantum, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Norse mǫttull.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.təl/
• Homophones: mantle

mantel (plural mantels)

1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
2. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.

• mantelpiece

mantel (third-person singular simple present mantels, present participle mantelling or (US) manteling, simple past and past participle mantelled or (US) manteled)

1. (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

• mantelshelf

• Lament., Mantle, lament, manlet, mantle, mental

From Spanish mantel (“tablecloth”).

mantél

1. tablecloth

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mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

1. cape, cloak, mantle
2. surface (literal), lack of substance (figurative)

• ontmantelen
• aardmantel
• mantelpak

mantel (plural mantel-mantel, first-person possessive mantelku, second-person possessive mantelmu, third-person possessive mantelnya)

1. coat (an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms)

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantler, definite plural mantlene)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

• “mantel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin mantellum via German Mantel

mantel m (definite singular mantelen, indefinite plural mantlar, definite plural mantlane)

1. a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney
2. a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery
3. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust

• “mantel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Late Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum

mantel m (oblique plural manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative singular manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative plural mantel)

1. mantle (clothing)
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette':

     Fiert si que lo mantel li tranche

     He hit him so that he cut his mantle

• English: mantle, mantel
• French: manteau
  • → English: manteau

From German Mantel.

mantel

1. coat

From Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium.

• IPA^(key): [ma̠nˈte̞l]

mantel m (plural manteles)

1. tablecloth

• mantelería

• → Classical Nahuatl: mantēlex

• “mantel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

mantel c

1. a mantle, a cloak, a robe
2. (geology) a mantle, the layer between the Earth's core and crust
3. a jacket (on a bullet)
4. a mantel, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney

• mantla
• osynlighetsmantel