Editing Manneken Pis (section)

==Naming==
The statue's original name was ''Menneke(n) Pis'' or ''Menneke(n) Pist''.{{sfn|D'Osta|1986|p=87}}{{sfn|De Vries|2003|p=51–54}}{{sfn|Patigny|2019|p=91, 125–126}} In fact, in the [[Brabantian dialect]] of Brussels (known as [[Brusselian dialect|Brusselian]], and also sometimes referred to as Marols or Marollien),<ref name="Jeanine Treffers-Daller 1994">Jeanine Treffers-Daller, ''Mixing Two Languages: French-Dutch Contact in a Comparative Perspective'' (Walter de Gruyter, 1994), 25.</ref> ''een manneke'' means a small man, whereas ''een menneke'' means a little boy (it is the diminutive of ''men'', meaning boy), though in modern [[Flemish dialects|Flemish]] (the local variant of Dutch), ''menneke'' also means a small man (it is synonymous to ''mannetje'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Het Vlaams woordenboek "menneke"|url=https://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/menneke|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.vlaamswoordenboek.be}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Manneke - 2 definities - Encyclo|url=https://www.encyclo.nl/begrip/manneke|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.encyclo.nl}}</ref> Nowadays, the name ''Manneken Pis'' (Dutch, {{IPA|nl|ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs|pron}}), usually translated as "Little Pissing Man" or "Little Peeing Man" in English,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Brussels Grand Place to host Manneken Pis' 400th birthday party |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/84167/brussels-grand-place-to-host-manneken-pis-400th-birthday-party |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=The Brussels Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Brussels: Manneken Pis to wear costume from 'Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez' film |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/231544/brussels-mannekin-piss-to-wear-costume-from-le-gendarme-de-saint-tropez-film |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=The Brussels Times |language=en}}</ref> is official in both French and Dutch.

''Manneken Pis'' is sometimes given the nickname of {{lang|fr|Petit Julien}} in French or {{lang|nl|Julianske}} in Dutch (both meaning "Little Julien"),{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=20}} which in fact refers to a now-disappeared fountain of the "Little Julien" (''Juliaenkensborre'').{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=20}}{{sfn|De Vries|2003|p=51–54}}{{sfn|Deligne|2003}} This stems from a confusion by the 19th-century historians Alexandre Henne and [[Alphonse Wauters]], who mistook the two distinct fountains because of their proximity.{{sfn|Henne|Wauters|1845}} Due to its long history, the statue is also sometimes dubbed {{lang|fr|le plus vieux bourgeois de Bruxelles}} in French or {{lang|nl|de oudste burger van Brussel}} in Dutch ("the oldest [[bourgeois of Brussels]]").{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=20}}{{sfn|De Vries|2003|p=51–54}}