manche

See also: Manche

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French manche.

Noun

manche (plural manches)

1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Pronunciation

• audio (une manche)

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve (clothing)
2. (sports) round
   1. (tennis) set
   2. (snooker) frame

Synonyms

• (set of tennis): set

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *manicus, from manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle
2. (popular) unhandy person

Derived terms

• manche à balai

Etymology 3

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 synday morning in front of the church.

Anagrams

• chanmé

External links

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

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German

Pronoun

manche

1. nominative feminine singular of manch
2. nominative plural of manch
3. accusative feminine singular of manch
4. accusative plural of manch

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Italian

Noun

manche f (plural manche)

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

Noun

manche f pl

1. plural form of manca

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Jèrriais

Etymology

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

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve

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Middle French

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle

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Old French

Noun

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

1. sleeve

Noun

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

1. handle

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Portuguese

Verb

manche

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of manchar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of manchar
3. first-person singular imperative of manchar
4. third-person singular 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.