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manual

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See also: Manual and manuál

English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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manual (plural manuals)

  2. Synonym of handbook.
    Hypernyms: reference book, reference work
    Hyponyms: manual of style, MOS, style manual
  4. 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?
  6. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
  7. (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

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

Adjective

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manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

  1. (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
    • 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
      She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
  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

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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 Boettger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level, 1st edition, Basel: Birkhauser, published 2007, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124:
        In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie – that is, sliding round when coming out of a trick, lifting two wheels off the ground and jumping with the board.
  3. (uncountable) Manual control or operation.
    Put the controls to manual.
    Leave the system on manual.
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

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Adjective

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manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

  1. manual

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Noun

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manual m (plural manuals)

  1. manual

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Danish

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Noun

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manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

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

Inflection

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): [maˈnu.al]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧al

Noun

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manual

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

Adjective

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manual

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.nuˈaw/ [ma.nʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maˈnwaw/ [maˈnwaʊ̯], /mɐ̃.nuˈaw/ [mɐ̃.nʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈnwaw/ [mɐ̃ˈnwaʊ̯]
 

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

Adjective

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manual m or f (plural manuais)

  1. manual

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Noun

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manual m (plural manuais)

  1. manual

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

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

  1. manual

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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

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manual n (plural manuale)

  1. handbook

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative manual manualul manuale manualele
genitive-dative manual manualului manuale manualelor
vocative manualule manualelor

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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Noun

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manual m (plural manuales)

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

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Swedish

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Noun

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manual c

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

Declension

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Declension of manual
nominative genitive
singular indefinite manual manuals
definite manualen manualens
plural indefinite manualer manualers
definite manualerna manualernas

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