manual
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- manuall (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -ænjəl
- Homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: man‧u‧al, man‧ual
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).
Noun edit
manual (plural manuals)
- A handbook.
- A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
- The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?
- (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
- (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
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Descendants edit
- → Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Adjective edit
manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)
- (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
- 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
- She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
- (of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
- Performed by a human rather than a machine.
- The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.
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- aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
- oral, relating to the mouth
- pedal, relating to the foot
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Noun edit
manual (countable and uncountable, plural manuals)
- (countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
- (automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
- Antonym: automatic
- Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.
- (metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
- Antonym: automatic
- I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
- (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
- A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
- (automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
- (countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
- (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
- do a manual
- give someone a quick manual
- A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
- A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
- 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism, page 124:
- In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […]
- (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
- (uncountable) Manual control or operation.
- Put the controls to manual.
- Leave the system on manual.
Synonyms edit
- (automotive): stick shift / stick
- (automotive): standard transmission / standard
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See also edit
(automotive):
Further reading edit
- Manual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Manual in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
manual m (plural manuals)
Further reading edit
- “manual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “manual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “manual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “manual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Noun edit
manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | manual | manualen | manualer | manualerne |
genitive | manuals | manualens | manualers | manualernes |
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English manual, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manual (first-person possessive manualku, second-person possessive manualmu, third-person possessive manualnya)
- (colloquial) manual, handbook.
- Synonym: panduan
Adjective edit
manual
Further reading edit
- “manual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”).
Noun edit
manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualer, definite plural manualene)
- a manual (handbook)
- (music) manual (organ keyboard)
- (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell
References edit
- “manual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”).
Noun edit
manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualar, definite plural manualane)
- a manual (handbook)
- (music) manual (organ keyboard)
- (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell
References edit
- “manual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manual m or f (plural manuais)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
manual m (plural manuais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manual m or n (feminine singular manuală, masculine plural manuali, feminine and neuter plural manuale)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | manual | manuală | manuali | manuale | ||
definite | manualul | manuala | manualii | manualele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | manual | manuale | manuali | manuale | ||
definite | manualului | manualei | manualilor | manualelor |
Noun edit
manual n (plural manuale)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) manual | manualul | (niște) manuale | manualele |
genitive/dative | (unui) manual | manualului | (unor) manuale | manualelor |
vocative | manualule | manualelor |
See also edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)
- manual (performed by the hands)
- manual (operated by the hands)
- manual (performed by a human)
- Antonym: automático
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
manual m (plural manuales)
Further reading edit
- “manual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
manual c
Declension edit
Declension of manual | ||||
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Nominative | manual | manualen | manualer | manualerna |
Genitive | manuals | manualens | manualers | manualernas |