manque

• manqué

From French manqué

• IPA^(key): /mɒŋˈkeɪ/

manque (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be

   an artist manque

• In most usage this word retains the grammar of French. It often appears in italics in English printed text, indicating that it should follow correct French spelling, inflection (plural, gender), as well as being positioned after the noun modified. See manqué.

manque

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mancar

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃k/

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From manquer

manque m (plural manques)

1. lack

Borrowed from Italian manco, from Latin mancus.[1]

manque f (plural not attested)

1. See à la manque[1]

manque

1. inflection of manquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “manque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

manque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mancar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mancar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mancar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mancar