manutention
English
Etymology
From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /manjʊˈtɛnʃən/
Noun
manutention (countable and uncountable, plural manutentions)
- (historical) Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.108:
- Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention [tr. manutention] of policies […].
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ny.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
manutention f (plural manutentions)
- (obsolete) maintenance; manutention
- (technology, commercial) handling
- storehouse, depot
Further reading
- “manutention” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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