manille
See also: Manille
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Etymology edit
From French manille, influenced by Spanish manilla.
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Noun edit
manille (countable and uncountable, plural manilles)
- The second-highest trump in certain card games.
- A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit.
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manille
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Etymology 1 edit
Alteration of earlier malille, from Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala.
Noun edit
manille f (plural manilles)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Occitan manellie, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Latin manicula (“little hand”), or from Old High German mānili (“crescent-shaped ornament, bracelet”, literally “little moon”).
Noun edit
manille f (plural manilles)
Etymology 3 edit
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manille f (plural manilles)
Further reading edit
- “manille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.