Mandchou

See also: mandchou

English

Etymology

From French Mandchou.

Noun

Mandchou (plural Mandchous)

1. Obsolete form of Manchu.

Proper noun

Mandchou

1. Obsolete form of Manchu.
   • 1844, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, The Eclectic Magazine, page 569:

     The volume before us presents, first of all, a paradigma, or specimen sheet, on which each letter of the English alphabet, small and capital, written and printed, is accompanied by its pronunciation in Chinese phonetic signs, as well as in Mandchou letters.

French

Etymology

From Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju); first attested in 1724 as Mant-cheoux.

Noun

Mandchou m (plural Mandchous, feminine Mandchoue)

1. Manchu (person)

Related terms

• Mandchourie

Further reading

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