manutention

English

Etymology

From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /manjʊˈtɛnʃən/

Noun

manutention (countable and uncountable, plural manutentions)

1. (historical) Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.108:

     Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention [tr. manutention] of policies […].

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin manūtentiōnem, from the past participle of manūteneō (“to maintain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ny.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

manutention f (plural manutentions)

1. (obsolete) maintenance; manutention
2. (technology, commercial) handling
3. storehouse, depot

Further reading

• “manutention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.