"main" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /mɛ̃/ Forms: mains [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|main|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French main, {{inh+|fr|frm|main}} Inherited from Middle French main, {{inh|fr|fro|main}} Old French main, {{m|fro|mein}} mein, {{m|fro|man}} man, {{inh|fr|la|manus||hand}} Latin manus (“hand”), {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*manus}} Proto-Italic *manus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*méh₂r̥|*méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*(s)meh₂-||to beckon}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), {{der|fr|ine-pro||*mon-u-}} Proto-Indo-European *mon-u-, {{cog|es|mano}} Spanish mano Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} main f (plural mains)
  1. hand Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-main-fr-noun-GwAXBqQY
  2. (soccer) handball Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Anatomy
    Sense id: en-main-fr-noun-FI3oBKOT Disambiguation of Anatomy: 21 31 23 25 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 68 20 11 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  3. (poker) hand Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-main-fr-noun-GwAXBqQY1 Topics: card-games, poker
  4. quire Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Paper, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-main-fr-noun-YUlXuvgE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: louche, mimine, paluche, pince Holonyms: bras Meronyms: doigt, dos, paume, poignet, pouce Related terms: manche, manicle, manier, manipuler, manivelle, manuel

Inflected forms

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      "word": "à la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à main armée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à mains nues"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir deux mains gauches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir du sang sur les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir la main lourde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir le cœur sur la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir les mains liées"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir un poil dans la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "baisemain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "changer de mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cheval de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "comme les doigts de la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "compter sur les doigts de la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "compter sur les doigts d’une main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de longue main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de main de maître"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de seconde main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en bonnes mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en main propre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en mains propres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en venir aux mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "entre de bonnes mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire des pieds et des mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire main basse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forcer la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frein à main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "haut la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "haut les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "homme de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jeu de main, jeu de vilain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "la main sur le cœur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "léger de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "les mains dans les poches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "les mains vides"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "main courante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "main dans la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "main invisible"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "main verte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mainlevée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mainmettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mainmortable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mainmorte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mainmuable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre la main à la pâte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre la main sur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre les mains dans le cambouis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre sa main à couper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre sa main au feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "montre en main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parle à ma main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "passer la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "passer par les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "perdre la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "petite main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "poignée de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre en main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la main dans le sac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reprendre en main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sac à main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se faire la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se frotter les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se laver les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se salir les mains"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serrer la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sous la main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tournemain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vol à main armée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vote à main levée"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "main",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? English: main",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? English: main"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Lamäng",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ German: Lamäng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ German: Lamäng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "men"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: men",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: men"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "men"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: men",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: men"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
            "2": "lame",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French main",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "main"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French main",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "mein"
      },
      "expansion": "mein",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "manus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin manus (“hand”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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    },
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        "3": "*méh₂r̥",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to beckon"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*mon-u-"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mano",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bras"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "main"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "doigt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "paume"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "poignet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pouce"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manicle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manipuler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manivelle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manuel"
    }
  ],
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        "hand"
      ],
      "id": "en-main-fr-noun-GwAXBqQY",
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        [
          "hand",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Football (soccer)",
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            "Human activity",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Anatomy",
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "soccer",
          "soccer"
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        "(soccer) handball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Poker",
          "orig": "fr:Poker",
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            "Gambling",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "(poker) hand"
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        "card-games",
        "poker"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Paper",
          "orig": "fr:Paper",
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            "Manufacturing",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Units of measure",
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            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
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            "Formal sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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        [
          "quire",
          "quire"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/mɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mains"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maint"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maints"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "louche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mimine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "paluche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pince"
    }
  ],
  "word": "main"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "à main armée"
    },
    {
      "word": "à mains nues"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir deux mains gauches"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir du sang sur les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir la main lourde"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir le cœur sur la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir les mains liées"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir un poil dans la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "baisemain"
    },
    {
      "word": "changer de mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheval de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "comme les doigts de la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "compter sur les doigts de la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "compter sur les doigts d’une main"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "de longue main"
    },
    {
      "word": "de main de maître"
    },
    {
      "word": "de seconde main"
    },
    {
      "word": "en bonnes mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "en main propre"
    },
    {
      "word": "en mains propres"
    },
    {
      "word": "en venir aux mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "entre de bonnes mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire des pieds et des mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire main basse"
    },
    {
      "word": "forcer la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "frein à main"
    },
    {
      "word": "haut la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "haut les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "homme de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "jeu de main, jeu de vilain"
    },
    {
      "word": "la main sur le cœur"
    },
    {
      "word": "léger de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "les mains dans les poches"
    },
    {
      "word": "les mains vides"
    },
    {
      "word": "main courante"
    },
    {
      "word": "main dans la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "main invisible"
    },
    {
      "word": "main verte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mainlevée"
    },
    {
      "word": "mainmettre"
    },
    {
      "word": "mainmortable"
    },
    {
      "word": "mainmorte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mainmuable"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre la main à la pâte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre la main sur"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre les mains dans le cambouis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre sa main à couper"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre sa main au feu"
    },
    {
      "word": "montre en main"
    },
    {
      "word": "parle à ma main"
    },
    {
      "word": "passer la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "passer par les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "perdre la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite main"
    },
    {
      "word": "poignée de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre en main"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre la main dans le sac"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "reprendre en main"
    },
    {
      "word": "sac à main"
    },
    {
      "word": "se faire la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "se frotter les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "se laver les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "se salir les mains"
    },
    {
      "word": "serrer la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "sous la main"
    },
    {
      "word": "tournemain"
    },
    {
      "word": "vol à main armée"
    },
    {
      "word": "vote à main levée"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "main",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? English: main",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? English: main"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Lamäng",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ German: Lamäng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ German: Lamäng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "men"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: men",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: men"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "men"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: men",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: men"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
            "2": "lame",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "main",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French main",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "main"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French main",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "main"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French main",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "mein"
      },
      "expansion": "mein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "man",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "manus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin manus (“hand”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*manus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *manus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂r̥",
        "4": "*méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)meh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to beckon"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*mon-u-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mon-u-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mano"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mano",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "main f (plural mains)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "holonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bras"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "main"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "word": "doigt"
    },
    {
      "word": "dos"
    },
    {
      "word": "paume"
    },
    {
      "word": "poignet"
    },
    {
      "word": "pouce"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "manche"
    },
    {
      "word": "manicle"
    },
    {
      "word": "manier"
    },
    {
      "word": "manipuler"
    },
    {
      "word": "manivelle"
    },
    {
      "word": "manuel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handball"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "handball",
          "handball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) handball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Poker"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) hand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Paper",
        "fr:Units of measure"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quire",
          "quire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mains"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maint"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maints"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "louche"
    },
    {
      "word": "mimine"
    },
    {
      "word": "paluche"
    },
    {
      "word": "pince"
    }
  ],
  "word": "main"
}

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