manual

See also: Manual and manuál

English

Alternative forms

manuall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
- Audio (US): (file)
(South Asia) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn(j)ʊwɐl/
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)

Synonym of handbook.
Hypernyms: reference book, reference work

Hyponyms: manual of style, MOS, style manual
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?
(military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
(Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
(music) A keyboard on an organ.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)

Translations

handbook or booklet that instructs — see also vade mecum

Arabic: كُتَيِّب (ar) m (kutayyib), كُتَيِّب التَّشْغِيل m (kutayyib at-tašḡīl), كِتَاب التَّعْلِيمَات m (kitāb at-taʕlīmāt)
Armenian: ձեռնարկ (hy) (jeṙnark), ուղեցույց (hy) (uġecʻuycʻ)
Azerbaijani: vəsait (az)
Belarusian: даве́днік m (davjédnik), кіраўні́цтва n (kirawníctva)
Bulgarian: ръково́дство (bg) n (răkovódstvo), справо́чник (bg) m (spravóčnik), наръ́чник (bg) m (narắčnik)
Catalan: manual (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手冊 / 手册 (zh) (shǒucè)
Czech: příručka (cs) f, manuál (cs) m
Danish: manual c, brugsanvisning c, brugervejledning c
Dutch: gebruiksaanwijzing (nl), handleiding (nl) f, handboek (nl) n
Esperanto: manlibro, instrukcilibro
Estonian: käsiraamat
Finnish: käsikirja (fi), ohjekirja, manuaali (fi)
French: manuel (fr) m
Galician: manual (gl) m
German: Handbuch (de) n
Greek: εγχειρίδιο (el) n (encheirídio)
Ancient Greek: ἐγχειρίδιον n (enkheirídion)
Hungarian: kézikönyv (hu), kalauz (hu)
Ido: lernolibro (io), manulibro (io)
Indonesian: panduan (id)
Italian: manuale (it) m, guida (it), libretto delle istruzioni
Japanese: 手引き (ja) (てびき, tebiki), 説明書 (ja) (せつめいしょ, setsumeisho), マニュアル (ja) (manyuaru)
Korean: 안내서(案內書) (ko) (annaeseo), 매뉴얼 (maenyueol)
Macedonian: при́рачник m (príračnik), у́патство n (úpatstvo)
Māori: pukatohu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndbok m or f, manual (no) m

Nynorsk: handbok f, manual m
Old English: handbōc f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کِتابِ راهْنَما (ketâb-e râhnamâ)
Polish: podręcznik (pl) m, instrukcja (pl) f
Portuguese: manual (pt) m
Romanian: manual (ro) n
Russian: инстру́кция (ru) f (instrúkcija), руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo), посо́бие (ru) n (posóbije)
Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-làimhe m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: при́ручнӣк m, упу̀тство n

Latin: príručnīk (sh) m, upùtstvo (sh) n
Slovak: príručka f
Slovene: priročnik m
Spanish: manual (es) m, enquiridión (es) m, prontuario (es) m, instructivo (es) m
Swedish: bruksanvisning (sv) c, elementarbok (sv) c, manual (sv) c, handbok (sv) c
Tagalog: hawaklat
Thai: คู่มือ (th) (kûu-mʉʉ)
Ukrainian: інстру́кція f (instrúkcija), підру́чник m (pidrúčnyk), посі́бник m (posíbnyk), керівни́цтво (uk) n (kerivnýctvo)
Welsh: cyfarwyddiadur m
Yiddish: האַנטביכל n (hantbikhl)

a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product

Bulgarian: ръково́дство (bg) n (răkovódstvo)
Danish: manual c, brugsanvisning c,
Estonian: kasutusjuhend
Hungarian: útmutató (hu), használati utasítás (hu)
Portuguese: manual de instruções m
Russian: руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo)

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)

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.
- 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
  She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
- 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 500:
  They will be alternately manual workers and officials, so that nobody will become a bureaucrat. Given the simplicity of administration, equality of pay, and the election and removability of public officers, there will be no risk of the formation of a parasitic caste of bureaucrats alienated from society.
(of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.

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

performed with the hands — see also chiro-

Arabic: يَدَوِيّ (yadawiyy)
Armenian: ձեռքի (jeṙkʻi), ձեռային (jeṙayin) (Western Armenian)
Belarusian: ручны́ (ručný)
Bulgarian: ръ́чен (rắčen)
Catalan: manual (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手工的 (zh) (shǒugōng de), 手動的 / 手动的 (zh) (shǒudòng de)
Czech: ruční (cs), manuální (cs)
Dutch: handmatig (nl), met de hand, manueel (nl)
Estonian: käsi-, manuaalne
Finnish: käsikäyttöinen (fi), käsivarainen, manuaalinen (fi), käsi-
French: manuel (fr)
Galician: manual (gl)
German: manuell (de)
Greek: χειροκίνητος (el) (cheirokínitos)
Hebrew: ידני
Hungarian: kézi (hu)
Ido: manuala (io)
Italian: manuale (it)
Japanese: 手動 (ja) (しゅどう, shudō)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەستی (destî)
Macedonian: рачен (račen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: manuell

Nynorsk: manuell
Polish: ręczny (pl)
Portuguese: manual (pt)
Romanian: manual (ro)
Russian: ручно́й (ru) (ručnój)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ру̏чнӣ

Latin: rȕčnī (sh)
Slovak: ručný, manuálny
Slovene: ročen
Spanish: manual (es)
Swedish: manuell (sv)
Tagalog: pangkamay, kinakamay
Thai: ด้วยมือ, (humorous) อัตโนมือ (th) (àt-dtà-noo-mʉʉ)
Ukrainian: ручни́й (ručnýj)

Noun

manual (countable and uncountable, plural manuals)

(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
  
  Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.
2. (metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
  Antonym: automatic
  
  I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
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).
(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.
  do a manual
  
  give someone a quick manual
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.
  - 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Boettger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level, 1st edition, Basel: Birkhauser, published 2007, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124:
    In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie – that is, sliding round when coming out of a trick, lifting two wheels off the ground and jumping with the board.
(uncountable) Manual control or operation.
Put the controls to manual.

Leave the system on manual.

Synonyms

(automotive): stick shift / stick
(automotive): standard transmission / standard

Translations

manual transmission

Bulgarian: ръчна трансмисия f (răčna transmisija)
Czech: manuál (cs) m
Dutch: handbak (nl) m
Estonian: manuaalkäigukast, käsikäigukast
Finnish: manuaalinen vaihteisto, manuaalivaihteisto (fi), käsivaihteisto (fi)
Galician: manual (gl)
German: Schaltgetriebe
Greek: χειροκίνητος (el) m (cheirokínitos)
Japanese: マニュアル (ja) (manyuaru)
Macedonian: рачен менувач m (račen menuvač)
Romanian: cutie de viteze f
Russian: ручная коробка передач f (ručnaja korobka peredač), ручная трансмиссия f (ručnaja transmissija)
Spanish: manual (es) m
Swedish: växelspak (sv) c

vehicle with manual transmission

Bulgarian: ръчка (bg) f (răčka)
Finnish: käsivaihteinen (adjective)
German: Schaltwagen m

musical keyboard

Bulgarian: клавиатура (bg) f (klaviatura)
Dutch: manuaal (nl) n
Estonian: klaviatuur, klahvistik, sõrmistik
Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), sormio (fi), manuaali (fi)
German: Manual (de) n
Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio)
Hungarian: billentyűzet (hu)
Irish: méarchlár (ga) m
Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra), мануа́л m (manuál)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: manual (no) m

Nynorsk: manual m
Polish: manuał (pl) m
Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra)
Swedish: klaviatur (sv) c, manual (sv) c

Anagrams

Lauman, alumna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mə.nuˈal]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ma.nuˈal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)

manual

Derived terms

manualment

Noun

manual m (plural manuals)

manual

Danish

Noun

manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

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

Inflection

Declension of *manual*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	manual	manualen	manualer	manualerne
genitive	manuals	manualens	manualers	manualernes

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /maˈnual/ [maˈnu.al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ma‧nu‧al

Noun

manual (plural manual-manual)

(colloquial) manual, handbook
Synonym: panduan

Adjective

manual (comparative lebih manual, superlative paling manual)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

manual

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

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

Noun

manual m (definite singular manualen, indefinite plural manualer, definite plural manualene)

a manual (handbook)
(music) manual (organ keyboard)
(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)

a manual (handbook)
(music) manual (organ keyboard)
(weightlifting, fitness) a dumbbell

References

“manual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin manuālislbor.

Portuguese manual

Learned borrowing from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈaw/ [ma.nuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /maˈnwaw/ [maˈnwaʊ̯], /mɐ̃.nuˈaw/ [mɐ̃.nuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /mɐ̃ˈnwaw/ [mɐ̃ˈnwaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnwal/ [mɐˈnwaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈnwa.li/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧al

Adjective

manual m or f (plural manuais)

manual

Derived terms

manualmente

Related terms

mão

Noun

manual m (plural manuais)

manual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈal/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

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

manual

Declension

Declension of *manual*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	manual		manuală	manuali	manuale
nominative- accusative	definite	manualul		manuala	manualii	manualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	manual		manuale	manuali	manuale
genitive- dative	definite	manualului		manualei	manualilor	manualelor

Noun

manual n (plural manuale)

handbook

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	manual	manualul	manuale	manualele
genitive-dative	manual	manualului	manuale	manualelor
vocative	manualule		manualelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin manuālisbor.

Spanish manual

Borrowed from Latin manuālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)

manual (performed by the hands)
manual (operated by the hands)
manual (performed by a human)
Antonym: automático

Derived terms

Noun

manual m (plural manuales)

manual (handbook)
manual (booklet with instructions)

Derived terms

manual de instrucciones

Swedish

Etymology

From English manual, ultimately from Late Latin manuāle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /manɵˈɑːl/

Noun

manual c

a manual, a handbook
(music) a manual, a keyboard on an organ

Declension

Declension of **manual**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	manual	manuals
singular	definite	manualen	manualens
plural	indefinite	manualer	manualers
plural	definite	manualerna	manualernas

English

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