mânecă

See also: mâneca and Mânecă

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin manica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɨ.ne.kə/
• Rhymes: -ɨnekə
• Hyphenation: mâ‧ne‧că

Noun

mânecă f (plural mâneci)

1. sleeve

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mânecă	mâneca	mâneci	mânecile
genitive-dative	mâneci	mânecii	mâneci	mânecilor
vocative	mânecă, mâneco		mânecilor

Alternative forms

• mânică — regional
• mînecă — 1953–1993 spelling

Derived terms

• mânecar
• mânecuță

Related terms

• mână
• manșetă

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɨ.neˈkə/
• Rhymes: -ə
• Hyphenation: mâ‧ne‧că

Verb

mânecă

1. third-person singular indicative simple perfect of mâneca (“to wake up”)

Further reading

• “mânecă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026