manque
English
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editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmanque (not comparable)
- (postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
- an artist manque
Usage notes
edit- In most usage this word retains the grammar of French. It often appears in italics in English printed text, indicating that it should follow correct French spelling, inflection (plural, gender), as well as being positioned after the noun modified. See manqué.
Asturian
editVerb
editmanque
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle French manque (first attested in 1594), from Old Italian manco (“lack”).
Noun
editmanque m (plural manques)
- lack, absence
- le manque d’amour maternel ― the lack of maternal love
- stress due to drug withdrawal
Derived terms
editVerb
editmanque
- inflection of manquer:
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian manco, from Latin mancus.[1]
Noun
editmanque f (plural not attested)
- Only used in à la manque[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- “manque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editVerb
editmanque
- inflection of mancar:
Portuguese
editVerb
editmanque
- inflection of mancar:
Spanish
editVerb
editmanque
- inflection of mancar:
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