manipulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from manipulation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈnɪp.jə.leɪt/

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Verb

manipulate (third-person singular simple present manipulates, present participle manipulating, simple past and past participle manipulated)

1. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
3. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
4. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
5. (intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Derived terms

• manipulable (adjective)
• manipulatable (adjective)
• manipulatee
• manipulative
• manipulator
• manipulatory
• manipulatrix
• manipulee
• manipulism
• micromanipulate
• mismanipulate
• outmanipulate
• overmanipulate
• remanipulate
• telemanipulate

 

Related terms

• manipulandum (noun)
• manipulation (noun)

Translations

move with the hands

• Belarusian: маніпулі́раваць impf (manipulíravacʹ)
• Bulgarian: манипулирам (bg) (manipuliram)
• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操纵 (zh) (cāo zuò)

• Dutch: manipuleren (nl)
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi)
• Galician: manipular (gl)
• Hungarian: manipulál (hu) (rare in this sense), kezel (hu)
• Ido: manuagar (io), manipular (io)
• Indonesian: memanipulasi (id)
• Italian: manipolare (it)
• Korean: 조종하다 (jojonghada)
• Polish: manipulować (pl) impf, zmanipulować pf
• Portuguese: manipular (pt), manusear (pt)
• Romanian: manipula (ro)
• Russian: манипули́ровать (ru) impf (manipulírovatʹ) (+ instrumental case), управля́ть (ru) impf (upravljátʹ) (+ instrumental case)
• Spanish: manipular (es)
• Ukrainian: маніпулюва́ти impf (manipuljuváty)

influence or manage

• Belarusian: маніпулі́раваць impf (manipulíravacʹ)
• Bulgarian: боравя (bg) (boravja)
• Catalan: manipular (ca)
• Dutch: beïnvloeden (nl), manipuleren (nl)
• Esperanto: manipuli
• Finnish: käsitellä (fi), manipuloida (fi)
• French: manipuler (fr)
• German: manipulieren (de)
• Hungarian: manipulál (hu)
• Icelandic: ráðskast með e-n, handstýra e-m
• Ido: manipular (io)
• Irish: lámhaigh
• Italian: manipolare (it), plagiare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manipulere (no)

  Nynorsk: manipulere (no)

• Persian: بازی دادن، به بازی گرفتن، آلت دست قرار دادن، بازیچه‌ی دست خود کردن
• Polish: manipulować (pl) impf, zmanipulować pf
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Romanian: manipula (ro)
• Russian: манипули́ровать (ru) impf (manipulírovatʹ) (+ instrumental case), возде́йствовать (ru) impf (vozdéjstvovatʹ) (на + accusative case), влия́ть (ru) impf (vlijátʹ) (на + accusative case)
• Spanish: manipular (es)
• Swedish: manipulera (sv)
• Turkish: manipüle etmek
• Ukrainian: маніпулюва́ти impf (manipuljuváty)
• Vietnamese: điều khiển (vi), thao túng (vi)

handle and move a body part

• Finnish: liikuttaa (fi), liikutella (fi)
• Irish: lámhaigh
• Italian: manipolare (it)
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Spanish: manipular (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: يتحكم
• Dutch: manipuleren (nl), beïnvloeden (nl)
• Hungarian: manipulál (hu)
• Persian: بامهارت انجام دادن, اداره کردن (fa), دستکاری کردن (fa), کسی را بازی دادن
• Polish: manipulować (pl)
• Portuguese: manipular (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir tionndadh ann an, cuir car ann an
• Swedish: manipulera (sv)

See also

• pedipulate

Esperanto

Adverb

manipulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of manipuli

Spanish

Verb

manipulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of manipular combined with te