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See also: Manual and manuál

English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
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  • Rhymes: (UK) -ænjəl
  • Homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: man‧u‧al, man‧ual

Etymology 1

From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).

Noun

manual (plural manuals)

  1. A handbook.
  2. 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?
  3. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
  4. (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
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  • → Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

Adjective

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

  1. (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
  2. (of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
  3. 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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Noun

manual (countable and uncountable, plural manuals)

  1. (countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
    1. (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.
    2. (metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
      Antonym: automatic
      I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
    3. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
    4. A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
  2. (countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
    1. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
      do a manual
      give someone a quick manual
    2. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
    3. 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 […]
  3. (uncountable) Manual control or operation.
    Put the controls to manual.
    Leave the system on manual.
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(automotive):

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

  1. manual

Derived terms

Noun

manual m (plural manuals)

  1. manual

Further reading

Danish

Noun

manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

  1. manual, a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine

Inflection

Declension of manual
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative manual manualen manualer manualerne
genitive manuals manualens manualers manualernes

Indonesian

Etymology

From English manual, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧al

Noun

manual (first-person possessive manualku, second-person possessive manualmu, third-person possessive manualnya)

  1. (colloquial) manual, handbook.
    Synonym: panduan

Adjective

manual

  1. manual,
    Synonyms: swausaha, swatangan
    1. performed with the hands.
    2. performed by a human rather than a machine.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”).

Noun

manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualer, definite plural manualene)

  1. a manual (handbook)
  2. (music) manual (organ keyboard)
  3. (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”).

Noun

manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualar, definite plural manualane)

  1. a manual (handbook)
  2. (music) manual (organ keyboard)
  3. (weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.nuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /maˈnwaw/ , /mɐ̃.nuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈnwaw/
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧al

Adjective

manual m or f (plural manuais)

  1. manual

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Noun

manual m (plural manuais)

  1. manual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

manual m or n (feminine singular manuală, masculine plural manuali, feminine and neuter plural manuale)

  1. manual

Declension

Declension of manual
singular plural
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

manual n (plural manuale)

  1. handbook

Declension

Declension of manual
singular plural
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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧nual

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)

  1. manual (performed by the hands)
  2. manual (operated by the hands)
  3. manual (performed by a human)
    Antonym: automático

Derived terms

Noun

manual m (plural manuales)

  1. manual (handbook)
  2. manual (booklet with instructions)

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

manual c

  1. a manual, a handbook
  2. (music) a manual, a keyboard

Declension

Declension of manual 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative manual manualen manualer manualerna
Genitive manuals manualens manualers manualernas

See also

Wikious
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