# manche
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑːnt͡ʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ

### Noun

manche (plural manches)
* Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)
* (music, rare) The neck of a violin.

### References

* “manche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Machen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃ʃ/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).

#### Noun

manche f (plural manches)
* sleeve (clothing)
* (sports) round
* (tennis) set
    Synonym: set
    la troisième manche ― the third set
* (snooker) frame
* (baseball) inning, (cricket) innings

##### Derived terms

* autre paire de manches
* effet de manche
* manche à air
* retrousser ses manches

##### Related terms

* main

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

#### Noun

manche m (plural manches)
* handle
* (informal) unhandy person

##### Derived terms

* comme un manche
* con comme un manche
* jeter le manche après la cognée
* manche à balai

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.

#### Noun

manche f (plural manches)
* begging (for money)
    Il fait la manche tous les dimanche matin devant l’église.He begs every Sunday morning in front of the church.

##### Usage notes

Only found in faire la manche.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* chanmé

## Galician
### Verb

manche
* inflection of manchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

manche
* inflection of manch:
** nominative/accusative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Italian
### Etymology 1

See the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.ke/
* Rhymes: -anke
* Hyphenation: màn‧che

#### Adjective

manche f pl
* feminine plural of manco

### Etymology 2

From French manche

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanʃ/$^*$
* Rhymes: -anʃ

#### Noun

manche f (invariable)
* heat (sports)
* hand, round (of cards)

#### Noun

manche f pl
* plural of manca

## Middle French
### Etymology 1

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

#### Noun

manche f (plural manches)
* sleeve

### Etymology 2

From Old French manche.

#### Noun

manche m (plural manches)
* handle

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).

### Noun

manche f (plural manches)
* (Jersey) sleeve

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

#### Alternative forms

* maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

#### Noun

manche oblique singular, f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)
* sleeve

##### Descendants

* Middle French: manche
** French: manche
* Walloon: mantche
* → English: manche
* → Italian: mancia
** → English: mancia
** → French: manche
* → Middle English: maunche
** English: maunch

### Etymology 2

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

#### Noun

manche oblique singular, m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)
* handle

##### Descendants

* Middle French: manche
** French: manche

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ʃe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/
* Hyphenation: man‧che

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manche.

#### Noun

manche m (plural manches)
* (aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

manche
* inflection of manchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

manche
* inflection of manchar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative