manatee

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban-language term meaning ‘breast’, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Kari'na manaty, Trió manatï, Apalaí manaty, Akawaio manatï, Pemon manatü, Macushi manatî.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: mănʹə-tēˊ, IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.əˌtiː/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ænəti

Noun

manatee (plural manatees or manatee)

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
- 1988, Tampa Bay Magazine (Sept–Oct 1988, page 60)
  The ecological importance of the manatee is clear; scientists have demonstrated the dependancy^[sic] of all components of an ecosystem on one another . . .

Synonyms

lamantin, sea cow

Derived terms

Manatee County

Descendants

→ Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
→ Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
→ Welsh: manatî

Translations

any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae

Afrikaans: lamantyn, manatee
Albanian: lopë deti f, lamantina f
Arabic: خَرُوف البَحْر (ḵarūf al-baḥr)
Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
Asturian: manatí (ast) m
Azerbaijani: lamantinlər
Bambara: maa
Basque: manati
Belarusian: ламанцін m (lamancin)
Breton: ejen-mor (br) m
Bulgarian: морска крава f (morska krava)
Catalan: manatí m
Cherokee: ᎹᎾᏘ (manati)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 海牛 (hoi² ngau⁴)

Hokkien: 海牛 (hái-gû)

Mandarin: 海牛 (zh) (hǎiniú)
Classical Nahuatl: tlacamichin
Czech: kapustňák (cs) m
Danish: søko c, manat c
Dutch: zeekoe (nl) f, lamantijn (nl) m
Esperanto: manato
Estonian: lamantiin
Faroese: sjókúgv f
Finnish: manaatti (fi)
French: lamantin (fr) m
Galician: manatí (gl) m
German: (strictly) Rundschwanzseekuh f, Manati m; usually simply called Seekuh (de) f
Alemannic German: Manati m
Greek: μανάτος (el) m (manátos)
Hausa: àyū
Hawaiian: lākamikini
Hebrew: תַּחַשׁ נְהָרוֹת (he) m (takhash neharot)
Hindi: मैनाटी (maināṭī)
Hungarian: lamantin (hu), manátusz, tengeritehén
Icelandic: sækýr f
Ido: lamantino (io)
Indonesian: lembu laut (id)
Irish: bó mhara f
Italian: lamantino (it) m, manato (it) m
Japanese: マナティー (ja) (manatī)
Kari'na: jarawa
Kazakh: ламантин (lamantin)
Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
Koyraboro Senni: ayu
Latin: manatus (la) m
Latvian: lamantīns m, manati m
Limburgish: zieëków f
Lithuanian: lamantinas m
Luxembourgish: Ronnschwanzséikou f, Manati m
Macedonian: ламантин m (lamantin)
Malay: manati, lembu laut
Maltese: lamantin m
Manx: booa varrey f
Myene: màŋgà
Nahuatl: tlacamichin (nah)
Neapolitan: lamantino m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: manat m

Nynorsk: manat m
Old English: sǣcū f
Pirahã: pigáagi
Polish: manat (pl) m
Portuguese: peixe-boi (pt) m, manati (pt) m, manatim m
Quechua: manati
Romanian: lamantin (ro) m
Russian: ламанти́н (ru) m (lamantín), морска́я коро́ва f (morskája koróva)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лама̀нтӣн m

Roman: lamàntīn m
Sicilian: lamantinu m, manatì m
Slovak: lamantín m
Slovene: lamantin m
Spanish: manatí (es) m
Swahili: manatii
Swedish: sjöko c, manat (sv) c
Tagalog: manati
Tamil: கடற்பசு (ta) (kaṭaṟpacu)
Tatar: lamantin
Thai: แมนนาที (mɛɛn-naa-tîi)
Turkish: denizayısı, manati
Ukrainian: ламантин m (lamantyn)
Vietnamese: lợn biển
Welsh: morfuwch f, manatî m
West Frisian: lamantinen
Wolof: leraw

Anagrams

emanate, enemata

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