manoeuvre
English
Etymology
From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, manoeuvre”) and manouvrer (“to manoeuvre”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handġeweorc, German Handwerk.
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
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Audio (US): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ma‧noeu‧vre
Noun
manoeuvre (plural manoeuvres)
- UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
Verb
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- (transitive) UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
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