manille
See also: Manille
English
Etymology
From French manille, influenced by Spanish manilla.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪl
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈnil/
Noun
manille (countable and uncountable, plural manilles)
- The second-highest trump in certain card games.
- A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit.
Anagrams
- Millean, ill name, mallein
Finnish
Noun
manille
- allative singular of mani
Anagrams
- mallein, mallien, malline
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.nij/
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier malille, from Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala.
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
- (card games) manille
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan manellie, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Latin manicula (“little hand”), or from Old High German mānili (“crescent-shaped ornament, bracelet”, literally “little moon”).
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
- ring, bracelet (as worn by a slave or convict)
Etymology 3
From Spanish manilla.
Noun
manille f (plural manilles)
- manilla
Further reading
- “manille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.