manual

See also: Manual and manuál

English

Alternative forms

• manuall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.j(ʊ)əl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmænjə(wə)l/
• Hyphenation: man‧u‧al, man‧ual
• Homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).

Noun

manual (plural manuals)

1. A handbook.
2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

   The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?

3. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
6. A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
7. (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
8. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
9. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

   do a manual

Synonyms

• enchiridion
• handbook

Derived terms

Derived terms

• instruction manual
• owners manual
• reference manual

• user manual
• user's manual

Translations

handbook or booklet that instructs

• Arabic: كُتَيِّب m (kutayyib), كُتَيِّب اَلتَّشْغِيل m (kutayyib at-tašḡīl)
• Armenian: ձեռնարկ (hy) (jeṙnark), ուղեցույց (hy) (uġecʻuycʻ)
• Belarusian: даве́днік m (davjédnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手冊／手册 (zh) (shǒucè)

• Czech: příručka (cs) f, manuál (cs) m
• Danish: manual c
• Dutch: handleiding (nl) f, handboek (nl) n
• Esperanto: manlibro, instrukcilibro
• Estonian: käsiraamat
• Finnish: käsikirja (fi), ohjekirja, manuaali (fi)
• French: manuel (fr) m
• Galician: manual (gl) m
• German: Handbuch (de) n
• Greek: εγχειρίδιο (el) n (encheirídio)

  Ancient: ἐγχειρίδιον n (enkheirídion)

• Hungarian: kézikönyv (hu), kalauz (hu)
• Ido: lernolibro (io), manulibro (io)
• Indonesian: panduan (id)
• Italian: manuale (it) m, guida (it), libretto delle istruzioni
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 手引き (てびき, tebiki), 説明書 (せつめいしょ, setsumeisho), マニュアル (ja) (manyuaru)
• Korean: 안내서 (ko) (annaeseo), 매뉴얼 (maenyueol)
• Macedonian: при́рачник m (príračnik), у́патство n (úpatstvo)
• Maori: pukatohu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndbok m or f, manual (no) m

  Nynorsk: handbok f, manual m

• Old English: handbōc f
• Polish: podręcznik (pl) m, instrukcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: manual (pt) m
• Romanian: manual (ro) n
• Russian: инстру́кция (ru) f (instrúkcija), руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-làimhe m
• Serbo-Croatian: príručnīk (sh) m, uputstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: manual (es) m, enquiridión m, prontuario (es) m
• Swedish: bruksanvisning (sv) c, elementarbok (sv) c, manual (sv) c, handbok (sv) c
• Tagalog: hawaklat
• Ukrainian: інстру́кція f (instrúkcija)
• Welsh: cyfarwyddiadur m

musical keyboard

• Dutch: manuaal (nl) n
• Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), sormio (fi), manuaali (fi)
• German: Manual (de) n
• Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio)
• Hungarian: billentyűzet (hu)
• Irish: méarchlár (ga) m
• Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra), мануа́л m (manuál)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manual (no) m

  Nynorsk: manual m

• Polish: manuał (pl) m
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra)
• Swedish: klaviatur (sv) c, manual (sv) c

manual transmission

• Czech: manuál (cs) m
• Dutch: handbak m
• Finnish: manuaalinen vaihdelaatikko/vaihteisto, käsivaihteisto
• Galician: manual (gl)
• German: Schaltgetriebe
• Greek: χειροκίνητος (el) m (cheirokínitos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: マニュアル (ja) (manyuaru)
• Macedonian: рачен менувач m (račen menuvač)
• Romanian: cutie de viteze f
• Spanish: manual (es) m
• Swedish: växelspak (sv) c

vehicle with manual transmission

• Finnish: käsivaihteinen (ajoneuvo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: наръчник (narǎčnik) m (1)
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• (deprecated template usage) Serbo-Croatian: priručnik (1)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

Adjective

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

1. Performed with the hands (of an activity).
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.

2. Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
3. (technology) Performed by a human rather than a machine.

   The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.

Synonyms

• handly

Antonyms

• automatic

Coordinate terms

• aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
• oral, relating to the mouth
• pedal, relating to the foot

Derived terms

• brachiomanual
• manual labor, manual labour
• manually
• manual transmission
• manual work
• manumatic

 

Related terms

Related terms

• amanuensis
• manufacture
• manumit

• manus
• manuscript

Translations

performed with the hands

• Arabic: يَدَوِيّ (yadawiyy)
• Armenian: ձեռքի (jeṙkʻi), ձեռային (jeṙayin) (Western Armenian)
• Belarusian: ручны́ (ručný)
• Bulgarian: ръ̀чен (rǎ̀čen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手工的 (zh) (shǒugōng de), 手動的／手动的 (zh), 手动的 (zh) (shǒudòng de)

• Czech: ruční (cs), manuální (cs)
• Dutch: handmatig (nl), met de hand, manueel (nl)
• Finnish: käsikäyttöinen (fi), käsivarainen, manuaalinen (fi), käsi-
• French: manuel (fr) m, manuelle (fr) f
• Galician: manual (gl)
• German: manuell (de)
• Greek: χειροκίνητος (el) (cheirokínitos)
• Hungarian: kézi (hu)
• Ido: manuala (io)
• Italian: manuale (it)
• Japanese: 手動 (ja) (しゅどう, shudō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: рачен (račen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manuell

  Nynorsk: manuell

• Polish: ręczny (pl)
• Portuguese: manual (pt)
• Romanian: manual (ro) m or n
• Russian: ручно́й (ru) (ručnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ру̏чнӣ

  Roman: rȕčnī (sh)

• Slovak: ručný, manuálny
• Slovene: ročen
• Spanish: manual (es)
• Swedish: manuell (sv)
• Tagalog: pangkamay, kinakamay
• Ukrainian: ручни́й (ručnýj)

Etymology 3

Noun

manual (plural manuals)

1. (automotive) Abbreviation of manual transmission.

Synonyms

• stick shift / stick
• standard transmission / standard

See also

(automotive):

• automatic
• semi-automatic
• manumatic

Anagrams

• alumna

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.nuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.nuˈal]

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

1. manual

Noun

manual m (plural manuals)

1. manual

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Danish

Noun

manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

1. manual, a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine

Inflection

Declension of manual

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	manual	manualen	manualer	manualerne
genitive	manuals	manualens	manualers	manualernes

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English manual from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈnu.al]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧al

Noun

manual (first-person possessive manualku, second-person possessive manualmu, third-person possessive manualnya)

1. (colloquial) manual, handbook.

Adjective

manual

1. manual,
   1. performed with the hands.
   2. performed by a human rather than a machine.

Further reading

• “manual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”)

Noun

manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualer, definite plural manualene)

1. a manual (handbook)
2. (music) manual (organ keyboard)
3. (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell

References

• “manual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”)

Noun

manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualar, definite plural manualane)

1. a manual (handbook)
2. (music) manual (organ keyboard)
3. (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell

References

• “manual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐˈnwaɫ/

Adjective

1. manual

Noun

manual m (plural manuais)

1. manual

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈal/

Adjective

manual m or n (feminine singular manuală, masculine plural manuali, feminine and neuter plural manuale)

1. manual

Declension

Declension of manual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	manual		manuală	manuali	manuale
	definite	manualul		manuala	manualii	manualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	manual		manuale	manuali	manuale
	definite	manualului		manualei	manualilor	manualelor

Noun

manual n (plural manuale)

1. handbook

Declension

Declension of manual

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) manual	manualul	(niște) manuale	manualele
genitive/dative	(unui) manual	manualului	(unor) manuale	manualelor
vocative	manualule		manualelor

See also

• carte

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnwal/ [maˈnwal]

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)

1. manual (performed by the hands)
2. manual (operated by the hands)
3. manual (performed by a human)

Antonyms

• (performed by a human): automático

Derived terms

• de manual
• manualidad
• manualmente

Noun

manual m (plural manuales)

1. manual (handbook)
2. manual (booklet with instructions)

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Noun

manual c

1. a manual, a handbook
2. (music) a manual, a keyboard

Declension

Declension of manual
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	manual	manualen	manualer	manualerna
Genitive	manuals	manualens	manualers	manualernas

See also

• manuell
• pedal