manche

Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.

• IPA^(key): /mɑːnt͡ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ

manche (plural manches)

1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)
2. (music, rare) The neck of a violin.

• “manche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Machen

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Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve (clothing)
2. (sports) round
3. (tennis) set

   Synonym: set

   la troisième manche ― the third set

4. (snooker) frame
5. (baseball) inning, (cricket) innings

• autre paire de manches
• effet de manche
• manche à air
• retrousser ses manches

• main

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle
2. (informal) unhandy person

• comme un manche
• con comme un manche
• jeter le manche après la cognée
• manche à balai

Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.

manche f (plural manches)

1. begging (for money)

   Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l’église.

   He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.

Only found in faire la manche.

• “manche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• chanmé

manche

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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manche

1. inflection of manch:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

See the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ke/
• Rhymes: -anke
• Hyphenation: màn‧che

manche f pl

1. feminine plural of manco

From French manche

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanʃ/^*
• Rhymes: -anʃ

manche f (invariable)

1. heat (sports)
2. hand, round (of cards)

manche f pl

1. plural of manca

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

manche f (plural manches)

1. sleeve

From Old French manche.

manche m (plural manches)

1. handle

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).

manche f (plural manches)

1. (Jersey) sleeve

From Latin manica.

• maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

manche oblique singular, f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)

1. sleeve

• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche
• Walloon: mantche
• → English: manche
• → Italian: mancia
  • → English: mancia
  • → French: manche
• → Middle English: maunche
  • English: maunch

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

manche oblique singular, m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)

1. handle

• Middle French: manche
  • French: manche

• Hyphenation: man‧che

Borrowed from French manche.

manche m (plural manches)

1. (aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)

manche

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

manche

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative