manche
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manche (plural manches)
References edit
- “manche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).
Noun edit
manche f (plural manches)
- sleeve (clothing)
- (sports) round
- (tennis) set
- Synonym: set
- la troisième manche ― the third set
- (snooker) frame
- (baseball) inning, (cricket) innings
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).
Noun edit
manche m (plural manches)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.
Noun edit
manche f (plural manches)
- begging (for money)
- Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l’église.
- He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.
Usage notes edit
Only found in faire la manche.
Further reading edit
- “manche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
manche
- inflection of manchar:
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Pronoun edit
manche
- inflection of manch:
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manche f pl
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manche f (invariable)
Noun edit
manche f pl
Middle French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French manche, from Latin manica.
Noun edit
manche f (plural manches)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French manche.
Noun edit
manche m (plural manches)
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).
Noun edit
manche f (plural manches)
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)
Noun edit
manche oblique singular, f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)
Descendants edit
- Middle French: manche
- French: manche
- Walloon: mantche
- → English: manche
- → Italian: mancia
- → Middle English: maunche
- English: maunch
Etymology 2 edit
From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).
Noun edit
manche oblique singular, m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: man‧che
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
manche m (plural manches)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
manche
- inflection of manchar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
manche
- inflection of manchar: