manta

Other forms of manta

plural

mantas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about manta

What does manta mean?

manta means "a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in manta?

manta has 2 syllables: man-ta. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmæntə/.

What is another word for manta?

Close synonyms include manta ray, devilfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manta a common word?

manta is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.