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manche

/mɑːnt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
manche
IPA
/mɑːnt͡ʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Saint-Lô.

noun

The neck of a violin.

noun

Obsolete form of maunch (“a sleeve”).

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -ica Latin manica Old French manche Middle French manche French manche French Manchebor. English Manche Borrowed from French Manche.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

La Manche (alternative) manches (plural)

Rhymes With

branch ranch staunch blanch tranche paunch planche stanch raunch debranch

Questions

How do you pronounce manche?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɑːnt͡ʃ/.
What does manche mean?
A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Saint-Lô.
Where does manche come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce manche

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