manche

See also: Manche and manché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French manche.

Noun

manche (plural manches)

1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)
2. The neck of a violin, etc.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• Machen

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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)

1. sleeve (clothing)
2. (sports) round
3. (tennis) set

   Synonym: set

   la troisième manche ― the third set

4. (snooker) frame

Related terms

• main

Etymology 2

From Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Italian manico.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle
2. (popular) unhandy person

Derived terms

• manche à balai

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mancia.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. begging (for money)

   Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l'église.

   He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.

Usage notes

Only found in faire la manche.

Anagrams

• chanmé

Further reading

• “manche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronoun

manche

1. inflection of manch:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anke

Adjective

manche

1. Feminine plural of adjective manco.

Noun

manche f (plural manche)

1. heat (sports)
2. hand, round (of cards)

Noun

manche f pl

1. plural of manca

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve

Etymology 2

From Old French manche, from Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. (Jersey) sleeve

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

Alternative forms

• maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

Noun

manche f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)

1. sleeve

Descendants

• English: maunch
• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *manicus, from Latin manus.

Noun

manche m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)

1. handle

Descendants

• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
• Hyphenation: man‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. (aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)

Etymology 2

Verb

manche

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of manchar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of manchar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of manchar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of manchar

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Spanish

Verb

manche

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manchar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manchar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manchar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manchar.