manufacture

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English

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”).

Compare manual, facture.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanɪˈfaktʃə/
• Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧ture
• Rhymes: -æktʃə(ɹ)

Noun

manufacture (plural manufactures)

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
3. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
4. (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

Derived terms

• manufactural
• manufacture of consent

Related terms

• manufact
• manufactory

Translations

Verb

manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)

1. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
2. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

   to manufacture wool into blankets

3. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

   The collegian keeeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.

Related terms

• machinofacture
• manufacturer

Translations

References

• “manufacture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “manufacture”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin manufactūra (“making by hand”); from manū (“by hand”) + factūra (“act of making”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ny.fak.tyʁ/

Noun

manufacture f (plural manufactures)

1. factory

Derived terms

• manufacturier
• manufacturer

Further reading

• “manufacture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• manifacture

Etymology

Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura.

Noun

manufacture f (plural manufactures)

1. creation; manufacture

References

• Etymology and history of “manufacture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (manufacture)

Spanish

Verb

manufacture

1. inflection of manufacturar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative