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• UK: /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
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• US: /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
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• South-Asia: /ˈmæn(j)ʊwɐl/
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• rhymes with (UK) -ænjəl
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• homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N Y UW0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

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

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يَدَوِيّ (yadawiyy) — performed with the hands
• Armenian: ձեռքի (jeṙkʻi) — performed with the hands
• Armenian: ձեռային (jeṙayin) — performed with the hands
• Belarusian: ручны́ (ručný) — performed with the hands
• Bulgarian: ръ́чен (rǎ́čen) — performed with the hands
• Catalan: manual — performed with the hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 手工的 (shǒugōng de) — performed with the hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 手動的 /手动的 (shǒudòng de) — performed with the hands
• Czech: ruční — performed with the hands
• Czech: manuální — performed with the hands
• Dutch: handmatig — performed with the hands
• Dutch: met de hand — performed with the hands
• Dutch: manueel — performed with the hands
• Estonian: käsi- — performed with the hands
• Estonian: manuaalne — performed with the hands
• Finnish: käsikäyttöinen — performed with the hands
• Finnish: käsivarainen — performed with the hands
• Finnish: manuaalinen — performed with the hands
• Finnish: käsi- — performed with the hands
• French: manuel — performed with the hands
• Galician: manual — performed with the hands
• German: manuell — performed with the hands
• Greek: χειροκίνητος (cheirokínitos) — performed with the hands
• Hebrew: ידני — performed with the hands
• Hungarian: kézi — performed with the hands
• Ido: manuala — performed with the hands
• Italian: manuale — performed with the hands
• Japanese: 手動 (shudō) — performed with the hands
• Central Kurdish: دەستی (destî) — performed with the hands
• Macedonian: рачен (račen) — performed with the hands
• Norwegian Bokmål: manuell — performed with the hands
• Norwegian Nynorsk: manuell — performed with the hands
• Polish: ręczny — performed with the hands
• Portuguese: manual — performed with the hands
• Romanian: manual — performed with the hands
• Russian: ручно́й (ručnój) — performed with the hands
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̏чнӣ — performed with the hands
• Serbo-Croatian: rȕčnī — performed with the hands
• Slovak: ručný — performed with the hands
• Slovak: manuálny — performed with the hands
• Slovene: ročen — performed with the hands
• Spanish: manual — performed with the hands
• Swedish: manuell — performed with the hands
• Tagalog: pangkamay — performed with the hands
• Tagalog: kinakamay — performed with the hands
• Thai: ด้วยมือ — performed with the hands
• Thai: อัตโนมือ (àt-dtà-noo-mʉʉ) — performed with the hands
• Ukrainian: ручни́й (ručnýj) — performed with the hands
• Arabic: كُتَيِّب (kutayyib) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Arabic: كُتَيِّب التَّشْغِيل (kutayyib at-tašḡīl) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Arabic: كِتَاب التَّعْلِيمَات (kitāb at-taʕlīmāt) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Armenian: ձեռնարկ (jeṙnark) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Armenian: ուղեցույց (uġecʻuycʻ) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Azerbaijani: vəsait — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Belarusian: даве́днік (davjédnik) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Belarusian: кіраўні́цтва (kirawníctva) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Bulgarian: ръково́дство (rǎkovódstvo) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Bulgarian: справо́чник (spravóčnik) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Bulgarian: наръ́чник (narǎ́čnik) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Catalan: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Chinese Mandarin: 手冊 /手册 (shǒucè) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Czech: příručka — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Czech: manuál — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Danish: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Danish: brugsanvisning — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Danish: brugervejledning — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Dutch: gebruiksaanwijzing — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Dutch: handleiding — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Dutch: handboek — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Esperanto: manlibro — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Esperanto: instrukcilibro — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Estonian: käsiraamat — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Finnish: käsikirja — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Finnish: ohjekirja — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Finnish: manuaali — handbook or booklet that instructs
• French: manuel — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Galician: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• German: Handbuch — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Greek: εγχειρίδιο (encheirídio) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ancient Greek: ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Hungarian: kézikönyv — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Hungarian: kalauz — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ido: lernolibro — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ido: manulibro — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Indonesian: panduan — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Italian: manuale — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Italian: guida — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Italian: libretto delle istruzioni — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Japanese: 手引き (tebiki) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Japanese: 説明書 (setsumeisho) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Korean: 안내서 (annaeseo) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Korean: 매뉴얼 (maenyueol) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Macedonian: при́рачник (príračnik) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Macedonian: у́патство (úpatstvo) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Māori: pukatohu — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndbok — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Norwegian Bokmål: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handbok — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Old English: handbōc — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Iranian Persian: کِتابِ راهْنَما (ketâb-e râhnamâ) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Polish: podręcznik — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Polish: instrukcja — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Portuguese: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Romanian: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Russian: инстру́кция (instrúkcija) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Russian: руково́дство (rukovódstvo) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-làimhe — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Serbo-Croatian: при́ручнӣк — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Serbo-Croatian: упу̀тство — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Serbo-Croatian: príručnīk — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Serbo-Croatian: upùtstvo — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Slovak: príručka — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Slovene: priročnik — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Spanish: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Spanish: enquiridión — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Spanish: prontuario — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Spanish: instructivo — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Swedish: bruksanvisning — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Swedish: elementarbok — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Swedish: manual — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Swedish: handbok — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Tagalog: hawaklat — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Thai: คู่มือ (kûu-mʉʉ) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ukrainian: інстру́кція (instrúkcija) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ukrainian: підру́чник (pidrúčnyk) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ukrainian: посі́бник (posíbnyk) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Ukrainian: керівни́цтво (kerivnýctvo) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Welsh: cyfarwyddiadur — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Yiddish: האַנטביכל (hantbikhl) — handbook or booklet that instructs
• Bulgarian: ръково́дство (rǎkovódstvo) — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Danish: manual — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Danish: brugsanvisning — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Estonian: kasutusjuhend — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Hungarian: útmutató — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Hungarian: használati utasítás — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Portuguese: manual de instruções — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Russian: руково́дство (rukovódstvo) — a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product
• Bulgarian: ръчна трансмисия (rǎčna transmisija) — manual transmission
• Czech: manuál — manual transmission
• Dutch: handbak — manual transmission
• Estonian: manuaalkäigukast — manual transmission
• Estonian: käsikäigukast — manual transmission
• Finnish: manuaalinen vaihteisto — manual transmission
• Finnish: manuaalivaihteisto — manual transmission
• Finnish: käsivaihteisto — manual transmission
• Galician: manual — manual transmission
• German: Schaltgetriebe — manual transmission
• Greek: χειροκίνητος (cheirokínitos) — manual transmission
• Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru) — manual transmission
• Macedonian: рачен менувач (račen menuvač) — manual transmission
• Romanian: cutie de viteze — manual transmission
• Russian: ручная коробка передач (ručnaja korobka peredač) — manual transmission
• Russian: ручная трансмиссия (ručnaja transmissija) — manual transmission
• Spanish: manual — manual transmission
• Swedish: växelspak — manual transmission
• Bulgarian: ръчка (rǎčka) — vehicle with manual transmission
• Finnish: käsivaihteinen — vehicle with manual transmission
• German: Schaltwagen — vehicle with manual transmission
• Bulgarian: клавиатура (klaviatura) — musical keyboard
• Dutch: manuaal — musical keyboard
• Estonian: klaviatuur — musical keyboard
• Estonian: klahvistik — musical keyboard
• Estonian: sõrmistik — musical keyboard
• Finnish: koskettimisto — musical keyboard
• Finnish: sormio — musical keyboard
• Finnish: manuaali — musical keyboard
• German: Manual — musical keyboard
• Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (pliktrológio) — musical keyboard
• Hungarian: billentyűzet — musical keyboard
• Irish: méarchlár — musical keyboard
• Macedonian: клавијату́ра (klavijatúra) — musical keyboard
• Macedonian: мануа́л (manuál) — musical keyboard
• Norwegian Bokmål: manual — musical keyboard
• Norwegian Nynorsk: manual — musical keyboard
• Polish: manuał — musical keyboard
• Russian: клавиату́ра (klaviatúra) — musical keyboard
• Swedish: klaviatur — musical keyboard
• Swedish: manual — musical keyboard