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Webster 1913 Edition


Manche

Manche

,
Noun.
[Also
maunch
.]
[F.
manche
, fr. L.
manica
. See
Manacle
.]
A sleeve.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024


Manche

Manche

See also: manche and manché

English

Alternative forms

  • La Manche

Proper noun

Manche

  1. A department of Normandy, France.

Translations


French

Etymology

From manche (sleeve).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Manche f

  1. A département of France
  2. The English Channel

Derived terms

  • Manchois
  • Manchot

Anagrams

manche

manche

See also: Manche and manché

English

Noun

manche (plural manches)

  1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/

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
    1. (tennis) set
    2. (snooker) frame
Synonyms
  • (set of tennis): set

Related 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. (popular) unhandy person
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Italian mancia.

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.

Anagrams


German

Pronoun

manche

  1. nominative feminine singular of manch
  2. nominative plural of manch
  3. accusative feminine singular of manch
  4. accusative plural of manch

Italian

Noun

manche f (plural manche)

  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

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/
  • Hyphenation: man‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

manche

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manchar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manchar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manchar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manchar

Spanish

Verb

manche

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manchar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manchar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manchar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of manchar.