manual

• manuall (obsolete)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈman.j(ʊ)əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmænjə(wə)l/
• Hyphenation: man‧u‧al, man‧ual
• Homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)

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Borrowed from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).

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.
5. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
6. A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
7. (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
8. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
9. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

   do a manual

• enchiridion
• handbook

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

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

1. Performed with the hands (of an activity).
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.

2. Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
3. (technology) Performed by a human rather than a machine.

   The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.

• handly

• automatic

• aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
• oral, relating to the mouth
• pedal, relating to the foot

manual (plural manuals)

1. (automotive) Abbreviation of manual transmission.

• stick shift / stick
• standard transmission / standard

(automotive):

• automatic
• semi-automatic
• manumatic

• alumna

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mə.nuˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈal/

manual (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

1. manual

manual m (plural manuals)

1. manual

manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

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

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (handbook)

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

• “manual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (handbook)

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

• “manual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnwaɫ/

manual m or f (plural manuais, comparable)

1. manual

manual m (plural manuais)

1. manual

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

• IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈal/

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

1. manual

manual n (plural manuale)

1. handbook

• carte

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

• IPA^(key): /maˈnwal/

manual (plural manuales)

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

• (performed by a human): automático

• manualidad
• manualmente

manual m (plural manuales)

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

• “manual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

manual c

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

• manuell
• pedal