manual

manual

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English

Alternative forms

  • manuall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.
  6. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
  7. (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
  8. (music) A keyboard on an organ.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

  1. (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
  2. (of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
  3. Performed by a human rather than a machine.
Synonyms
  • handly
Antonyms
  • automatic
Coordinate terms
  • aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
  • oral, relating to the mouth
  • pedal, relating to the foot
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Noun

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
    2. (metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
      Antonym: automatic
    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.
    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.
  3. (uncountable) Manual control or operation.
Synonyms
  • (automotive): stick shift / stick
  • (automotive): standard transmission / standard
Translations
See also

(automotive):

  • automatic
  • semi-automatic
  • manumatic

Further reading

  • Manual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Manual in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Lauman, alumna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.nuˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ma.nuˈal]

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

  1. manual

Derived terms

  • manualment

Noun

manual m (plural manuals)

  1. manual

Further reading

  • “manual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “manual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “manual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “manual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

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

Inflection

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manual (plural manual-manual)

  1. (colloquial) manual, handbook
    Synonym: panduan

Adjective

manual

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

Further reading

  • “manual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

  • “manual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

  • “manual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

manual m or f (plural manuais)

  1. manual

Derived terms

  • manualmente

Noun

manual m (plural manuais)

  1. manual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.nuˈal/

Adjective

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

  1. manual

Declension

Noun

manual n (plural manuale)

  1. handbook

Declension

See also

  • carte

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

Noun

manual m (plural manuales)

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

Further reading

  • “manual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

manual c

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

Declension

See also

  • manuell
  • pedal

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