manufacture
See also: manufacturé
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manufactus, a compound of manu factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”). (compare main, manual, facture.)
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanəˈfaktʃə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃɚ/, /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃɚ/, /ˌmænəˈfæktʃɚ/
- Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧ture
- Rhymes: -æktʃə(ɹ)
NounEdit
manufacture (plural manufactures)
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- 2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, in CNN.com[1]:
- After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
- The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
Derived termsEdit
- manufactural
- manufacture of consent
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
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anything made, formed or produced; product
VerbEdit
manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- 2008 July 23, Michael Brooks, “Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF”, in New Scientist[2]:
- Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- to manufacture wool into blankets
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- 2000 December 10, Daniel Zalewski, “The Misinformation Age”, in New York Times[3]:
- Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to make things
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to produce goods
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to create false evidences
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ReferencesEdit
- manufacture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “manufacture”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
manufacture f (plural manufactures)
Further readingEdit
- “manufacture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura.
NounEdit
manufacture f (plural manufactures)
ReferencesEdit
- “manufacture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (manufacture)
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
manufacture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manufacturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.