English

Noun

manchette ‎(plural manchettes)

1. (fencing) a special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand
2. (medicine) a conically shaped array of microtubules that completely covers the nucleus of a spermatid
3. (cooking) a paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat
4. (furniture) an upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil.
5. (printing) a vertical heading within a newspaper article computer generated image.
6. (cycling) a sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.

Translations

French

Etymology

From manche +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ʃɛt/

Noun

manchette f ‎(plural manchettes)

1. cuff
2. oversleeve, manchette
3. (journalism) headline
4. marginal note; note in the margin

Descendants

• German: Manschette
• Romanian: manșetă
• Russian: манже́та ‎(manžéta)