Mantilla

Definitions: Mantilla

Mantilla

Noun

1. A woman's silk or lace scarf.

2. Short cape worn by women.

Date "mantilla" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Etymology: Mantilla \Man*til"la\, noun. [from Spanish expression See Mantle.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Industry	Light shawl or scarf, usually of lace, worn by women over the head and shoulders. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing a mantilla, denotes an unwise enterprise which will bring you into unfavorable notice. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Mantilla

Synonym: mantelet (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clothing	Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Mantilla

Non-English Usage: "Mantilla" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (Mantilla), Spanish (mantelet, Mantilla, mantlet).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

La Mantilla de Beatriz (1946)

The Black Mantilla (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Estudios jur�dicos en memoria de Roberto L. Mantilla Molina (reference) La Mantilla : gala y privilegio de las fiestas sevillanas (reference) Mantilla Bluff (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Mantilla" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Mantilla" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	57.14%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	42.86%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	14	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "mantilla" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mantilla	Last name	400	20,111
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Language		Translations for "mantilla"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏طرحة. (various references)

Bulgarian		Къса Пелерина, Мантила. (various references)

Danish		mantille. (various references)

Dutch		mantilla. (various references)

French		Mantille. (various references)

German		mantille. (various references)

Greek		μαντίλα (kerchief), �"υναικείο ίάλυμα Του ίεφαλιού Των Ισπανίδων. (various references)

Hungarian		vállra hulló csipkefejkendő, csipkefejkendő. (various references)

Italian		Mantiglia. (various references)

Manx		coodagh claigin. (various references)

Pig Latin		antillamay

Portuguese		mantilha (mantis), Prateleira De Fogão. (various references)

Romanian		Mantilã. (various references)

Russian		мантилья (mantelet, mantlet). (various references)

Spanish		mantilla (blanket, mantelet, mantlet). (various references)

Turkish		Kısa Manto (mantelet, mantlet), Þal. (various references)

Ukranian		Мантилья. (various references)

Vietnamese		khăn vuông. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mantilla": mantillas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mantilla" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amathila, Latilla, Manalula, mandella, mandila, Manhilad, Manjil, manntilla, mantelli, mantil, mantrill, martill, mastellar, Matala, Matlala, Matthiola, Mattielli, Matulka, Matullah, Metella, minutilla, Munalula. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mantilla" (pronounced manti"lu)
5	-n t i" l u	scintilla.
4	-t i" l u	flotilla.
3	-i" l u	Armilla, chinchilla, gorilla, guerilla, guerrilla, Manila, manilla, maxilla, Scilla, vanilla, Villa, Zillah.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-n-t"
	-1 letter: laminal, lanital, manilla, matinal.
	-2 letters: animal, lamina, manila.
	-3 letters: alant, amain, amnia, anima, atman, lamia, lanai, liana, liman, llama, maill, manat, mania, manta, matin, natal, tamal.
	-4 letters: alan, alit, alma, amia, amin, anal, anil, anta, anti, atma, lain, lama, lati, lilt, lima, limn, lint, mail, main, mall, malt, mana, mill, milt, mina, mint, nail, nill, tail, tain, tala, tali, tall, till.
	-5 letters: aal, ail, aim, ain, ait, ala, all, alt, ama, ami, ana, ani, ant, ill, lam, lat, lin, lit, man, mat, mil, nam, nil, nim, nit, tam, tan, til, tin.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-n-t"
	+1 letter: mantillas.
	+3 letters: amontillado, implantable, lactalbumin, lineamental, malignantly, matrilineal, matutinally.
	+4 letters: ambivalently, amontillados, anatomically, antimalarial, artilleryman, balletomania, intramurally, lactalbumins, limitational, magnetically, monastically, mulligatawny, mutationally, planetesimal, romantically, semantically.
	+5 letters: antimalarials, autonomically, balletomanias, callithumpian, cinematically, complaisantly, enigmatically, enzymatically, flagellantism, gymnastically, interfamilial, intradermally, kinematically, manipulatable, matrilineally, matrimonially, megalopolitan, metallization, misallocating, misallocation, multinational, mutagenically, nematological, onomastically, planetesimals, pneumatically, taxonomically, ultramilitant.
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