manille
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English
Etymology
From French manille, influenced by Spanish manilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
manille (countable and uncountable, plural manilles)
- The second-highest trump in certain card games.
- A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit.
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Finnish
Noun
manille
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier malille, from Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala.
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan manellie, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Latin manicula (“little hand”), or from Old High German mānili (“crescent-shaped ornament, bracelet”, literally “little moon”).
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
Etymology 3
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
Further reading
- “manille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.