manual

ca-adj

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuals)


manual

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

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manual c (singular definite manualen, plural indefinite manualer)

manualen (definite singular)
manualer (indefinite plural)
manual (indefinite nominative singular)
manualen (definite nominative singular)
manualer (indefinite nominative plural)
manualerne (definite nominative plural)
manuals (genitive indefinite singular)
manualens (definite genitive singular)
manualers (genitive indefinite plural)
manualernes (definite genitive plural)


manual

The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?

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

(military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.

(Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.

→ Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)

manual

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

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


manual

She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.

1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.

(of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.

The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.

Performed by a human rather than a machine.

en-adj

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

more manual (comparative)
most manual (superlative)

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


manual

Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.

(countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

(automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.

I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.

(metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.

A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).

do a manual

give someone a quick manual

(countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.

(medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.

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.

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:

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.

Put the controls to manual.

Leave the system on manual.

(uncountable) Manual control or operation.

en-noun

manual (countable and uncountable, plural manuals)


manual

id-noun

manual (first-person possessive manualku, second-person possessive manualmu, third-person possessive manualnya)

manualku (first-person possessive)
manualmu (possessive second-person)
manualnya (possessive third-person)

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


manual

performed by a human rather than a machine.


manual

manualen (definite singular)
manualer (indefinite plural)
manualene (definite plural)

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


manual

manualen (definite singular)
manualar (indefinite plural)
manualane (definite plural)


manual

[mɐ̃.nʊˈaʊ̯]


manual

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manual

ro-adj

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

manuală (feminine singular)
manuali (masculine plural)
manuale (feminine neuter plural)
manual (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
manuală (feminine indefinite singular)
manuali (indefinite masculine plural)
manuale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
manualul (definite masculine neuter singular)
manuala (definite feminine singular)
manualii (definite masculine plural)
manualele (definite feminine neuter plural)
manuale (feminine indefinite singular)
manualului (definite masculine neuter singular)
manualei (definite feminine singular)
manualilor (definite masculine plural)
manualelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French manuel, Latin manualis.


manual

manuale (plural)
manual (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
manualul (accusative definite nominative singular)
manuale (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
manualele (accusative definite nominative plural)
manual (indefinite singular)
manualului (definite singular)
manuale (indefinite plural)
manualelor (definite plural)
manualule (singular vocative)
manualelor (plural vocative)


manual

es-adj

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)


manual

manual (indefinite nominative singular)
manuals (genitive indefinite singular)
manualen (definite nominative singular)
manualens (definite genitive singular)
manualer (indefinite nominative plural)
manualers (genitive indefinite plural)
manualerna (definite nominative plural)
manualernas (definite genitive plural)