manche

See also: Manche and manché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑːnt͡ʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ

Noun

manche (plural manches)

  1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)
  2. (music, rare) The neck of a violin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for manche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. sleeve (clothing)
  2. (sports) round
  3. (tennis) set
    Synonym: set
    la troisième manche ― the third set
  4. (snooker) frame
  5. (baseball) inning, (cricket) innings
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Italian manico.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. handle
  2. (informal) unhandy person
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. begging (for money)
    Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l'église.
    He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.
Usage notes

Only found in faire la manche.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

manche

  1. inflection of manch:
    1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈman.ke/
  • Rhymes: -anke
  • Hyphenation: màn‧che

Adjective

manche f pl

  1. feminine plural of manco

Noun

manche f (invariable)

  1. heat (sports)
  2. hand, round (of cards)

Noun

manche f pl

  1. plural of manca

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. sleeve

Etymology 2

From Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. handle

Norman

Etymology

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. (Jersey) sleeve

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

Alternative forms

Noun

manche f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)

  1. sleeve
Descendants
  • Middle French: manche
  • Walloon: mantche
  • → English: manche
  • → Italian: mancia
  • → Middle English: maunche

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.

Noun

manche m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)

  1. handle
Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃe/

  • Hyphenation: man‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. (aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)

Verb

manche

  1. inflection of manchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

manche

  1. inflection of manchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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