manual
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)manuals
- a small handbookType of handbook, enchiridionKinds instruction manual, sex manual, consuetudinary, reference manual, grimoire
- (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifleSynonyms: manual of armsType of exercise, practiceParts order arms
Adjective (3)
- of or relating to the hands“manual dexterity”Relating to hand
- requiring human effort“a manual transmission”Opposite automaticSimilar hand-operated, non-automatic
- doing or requiring physical work“manual labor”“manual laborer”Opposite white-collarSimilar blue-collar
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Translations
Noun handbook or booklet that instructs
- Spanish
- manual
- French
- manuel
- German
- Handbuch
- Italian
- manuale
- Portuguese
- manual
- Russian
- посо́бие posóbije
- Arabic
- كُتَيِّب التَّشْغِيل kutayyib at-tašḡīl
- Chinese
- 手册 shǒucè
- Japanese
- 説明書 setsumeisho
- Dutch
- handleiding
19 more languages
- Polish
- podręcznik
- Swedish
- manual
- Greek
- εγχειρίδιο encheirídio
- Vietnamese
- cẩm nang
- Hungarian
- kézikönyv
- Portuguese (PT)
- manual
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 手冊 shǒucè
- Breton
- dornlevr
- Catalan
- manual
- Czech
- příručka
- Danish
- manual
- Esperanto
- manlibro
- Estonian
- käsiraamat
- Finnish
- manuaali
- Norwegian
- manual
- Romanian
- manual
- Scottish Gaelic
- leabhar-làimhe
- Welsh
- cyfarwyddiadur
- Yiddish
- האַנטביכל hantbikhl
Adjective performed with the hands
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, Mound a hill.
1. Of or pertaining to the hand.
2. Performed by a person using physical as contrasted with mental effort; as, manual labor.
3. Done or made by the hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical. “Manual and ocular examination.” Edward Tatham
Manual exercise Military the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. — Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. — Sign manual. See under Sign.
Origin: Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, adjective
1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws.— Sir Matt. Hale
2. Music A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. John Weeks Moore
3. Military A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC