es manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · bg ръково́дство (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · mk при́рачник (handbook or booklet that instructs) · io lernolibro (handbook or booklet that instructs) · pl podręcznik (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sk príručka (handbook or booklet that instructs) · pt manual de instruções (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · fi käsikirja (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hy ուղեցույց (handbook or booklet that instructs) · be даве́днік (handbook or booklet that instructs) · es enquiridión (handbook or booklet that instructs) · id panduan (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sh príručnīk (handbook or booklet that instructs) · da brugsanvisning (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · et käsiraamat (handbook or booklet that instructs) · et kasutusjuhend (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · th คู่มือ (handbook or booklet that instructs) · de Handbuch (handbook or booklet that instructs) · es instructivo (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hy ձեռնարկ (handbook or booklet that instructs) · grc ἐγχειρίδιον (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nl handboek (handbook or booklet that instructs) · gl manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · it guida (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ja マニュアル (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hu használati utasítás (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · ko 매뉴얼 (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sv elementarbok (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ar كُتَيِّب التَّشْغِيل (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nn handbok (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ja 説明書 (handbook or booklet that instructs) · bg наръ́чник (handbook or booklet that instructs) · cmn 手冊 /手册 (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sv bruksanvisning (handbook or booklet that instructs) · uk керівни́цтво (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hu kézikönyv (handbook or booklet that instructs) · uk посі́бник (handbook or booklet that instructs) · it libretto delle istruzioni (handbook or booklet that instructs) · uk інстру́кція (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ru инстру́кция (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sv manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · fi ohjekirja (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ar كُتَيِّب (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nn manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ko 안내서 (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sv handbok (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ca manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hu kalauz (handbook or booklet that instructs) · mk у́патство (handbook or booklet that instructs) · eo instrukcilibro (handbook or booklet that instructs) · bg справо́чник (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sh upùtstvo (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ro manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nl handleiding (handbook or booklet that instructs) · pt manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · pl instrukcja (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ru руково́дство (handbook or booklet that instructs) · hu útmutató (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · da manual (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · nb manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ar كِتَاب التَّعْلِيمَات (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ja 手引き (handbook or booklet that instructs) · io manulibro (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ang handbōc (handbook or booklet that instructs) · da manual (handbook or booklet that instructs) · be кіраўні́цтва (handbook or booklet that instructs) · eo manlibro (handbook or booklet that instructs) · el εγχειρίδιο (handbook or booklet that instructs) · uk підру́чник (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nl gebruiksaanwijzing (handbook or booklet that instructs) · da brugervejledning (handbook or booklet that instructs) · da brugsanvisning (handbook or booklet that instructs) · tl hawaklat (handbook or booklet that instructs) · cy cyfarwyddiadur (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sh при́ручнӣк (handbook or booklet that instructs) · fi manuaali (handbook or booklet that instructs) · mi pukatohu (handbook or booklet that instructs) · gd leabhar-làimhe (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ru руково́дство (a booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product) · fr manuel (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sl priročnik (handbook or booklet that instructs) · it manuale (handbook or booklet that instructs) · nb håndbok (handbook or booklet that instructs) · az vəsait (handbook or booklet that instructs) · es prontuario (handbook or booklet that instructs) · cs příručka (handbook or booklet that instructs) · cs manuál (handbook or booklet that instructs) · sh упу̀тство (handbook or booklet that instructs) · fa-ira کِتابِ راهْنَما (handbook or booklet that instructs) · yi האַנטביכל (handbook or booklet that instructs) · ru посо́бие (handbook or booklet that instructs) · bg ръково́дство (handbook or booklet that instructs)
From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Meanings
(of an activity) Performed with the hands.
They will be alternately manual workers and officials, so that nobody will become a bureaucrat. Given the simplicity of administration, equality of pay, and the election and removability of public officers, there will be no risk of the formation of a parasitic caste of bureaucrats alienated from society. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 500:
She gave a wild manual brush to her locks. 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
(of a machine, qualifier:device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.
et manuaalne (performed with the hands) · sh ру̏чнӣ (performed with the hands) · hu kézi (performed with the hands) · sl ročen (performed with the hands) · cmn 手動的 /手动的 (performed with the hands) · uk ручни́й (performed with the hands) · ckb دەستی (performed with the hands) · de manuell (performed with the hands) · th อัตโนมือ (performed with the hands) · hy ձեռային (performed with the hands) · th ด้วยมือ (performed with the hands) · fi käsi- (performed with the hands) · tl pangkamay (performed with the hands) · sv manuell (performed with the hands) · nn manuell (performed with the hands) · sh rȕčnī (performed with the hands) · mk рачен (performed with the hands) · io manuala (performed with the hands) · hy ձեռքի (performed with the hands) · nl manueel (performed with the hands) · he ידני (performed with the hands) · ar يَدَوِيّ (performed with the hands) · et käsi- (performed with the hands) · sk manuálny (performed with the hands) · fi käsikäyttöinen (performed with the hands) · el χειροκίνητος (performed with the hands) · fr manuel (performed with the hands) · it manuale (performed with the hands) · sk ručný (performed with the hands) · fi käsivarainen (performed with the hands) · cs manuální (performed with the hands) · fi manuaalinen (performed with the hands) · ro manual (performed with the hands) · ca manual (performed with the hands) · pt manual (performed with the hands) · cs ruční (performed with the hands) · nb manuell (performed with the hands) · bg ръ́чен (performed with the hands) · pl ręczny (performed with the hands) · cmn 手工的 (performed with the hands) · es manual (performed with the hands) · tl kinakamay (performed with the hands) · nl met de hand (performed with the hands) · ja 手動 (performed with the hands) · gl manual (performed with the hands) · nl handmatig (performed with the hands) · ru ручно́й (performed with the hands) · be ручны́ (performed with the hands)
From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. ▸ A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.
(countable, metonymically, uncountable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. ▸ A vehicle with a manual transmission.
I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
(countable, uncountable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. ▸ A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
(countable, uncountable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. ▸ A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
(colloquial, countable, uncountable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine. ▸ Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
do a manual
give someone a quick manual
(countable, uncountable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine. ▸ A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
(countable, uncountable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine. ▸ A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie – that is, sliding round when coming out of a trick, lifting two wheels off the ground and jumping with the board. 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Boettger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level, 1st edition, Basel: Birkhauser, published 2007, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124: