manche
English
Noun
manche (plural manches)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/
audio (une manche) (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).
Noun
manche f (plural manches)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Italian manico.
Derived terms
Noun
manche f (plural manches)
- begging (for money)
- Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l'église.
- He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.
- Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l'église.
Usage notes
Only found in faire la manche.
Anagrams
Further reading
- “manche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -anke
Middle French
Etymology 1
From Old French manche, from Latin manica.
Etymology 2
From Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.
Norman
Old French
Alternative forms
- maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
- Hyphenation: man‧che
Spanish
Verb
manche