manche

See also: Manche, manché, and mànchē

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːnt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ

Noun

manche (plural manches)

1. (music, rare) The neck of a violin.
2. Obsolete form of maunch (“a sleeve”).

References

• “manche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Machen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ

Etymology 1

Inherited 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
   1. (tennis) set

      Synonym: set

      la troisième manche ― the third set

   2. (snooker) frame
   3. (baseball) inning
   4. (cricket) innings
   5. (curling) end

Derived terms

• autre paire de manches
• effet de manche
• manche à air
• retrousser ses manches

Related terms

• main

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle
2. (informal) unhandy person

Derived terms

• comme un manche
• con comme un manche
• jeter le manche après la cognée
• manche à balai

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

2. only used in faire la manche

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

   He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.

Further reading

• “manche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• chanmé

Galician

Verb

manche

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Pronoun

manche

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

Italian

Etymology 1

See the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ke/
• Rhymes: -anke
• Hyphenation: màn‧che

Adjective

manche f pl

1. feminine plural of manco

Etymology 2

From French manche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanʃ/
• Rhymes: -anʃ

Noun

manche f (invariable)

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

Noun

manche f pl

1. plural of manca

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve

Descendants

• French: manche
  • → English: manche
  • → Portuguese: manche

Etymology 2

From Old French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle

Descendants

• French: manche

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

1. (Jersey) sleeve

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

Alternative forms

• maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

Noun

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

1. sleeve

Descendants

• Jersey Norman: manche
• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche
    • → English: manche
    • → Portuguese: manche
• Walloon: mantche
• → Italian: mancia
  • → English: mancia
  • → French: manche
• → Middle English: maunche
  • English: maunch

Etymology 2

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

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

1. handle

Descendants

• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

• 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. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “manche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

manche

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative