manutention
English edit
Etymology edit
From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manutention (countable and uncountable, plural manutentions)
- (historical) Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.108:
- Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention [tr. manutention] of policies […].
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin manūtentiōnem, from the past participle of manūteneō (“to maintain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manutention f (plural manutentions)
- (obsolete) maintenance; manutention
- (technology, commercial) handling
- storehouse, depot
Further reading edit
- “manutention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.