manivelle

French

Etymology

From Old French manevele, probably from a Vulgar Latin *manabella, alteration of *manibula, variant of Latin manicula (and therefore a doublet of manicle), from manus (hand), or alternatively from Late Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ni.vɛl/

Noun

manivelle f (plural manivelles)

  1. crank

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.