manualとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈman.j(ʊ)əl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmænjə(wə)l/
• ハイフネーション: man‧u‧al, man‧ual
• Homophone: Manuel (Anglicized pronunciation)

語源 1

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

名詞

manual (複数形 manuals)

1. A handbook.
2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

   The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?

3. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.

同意語

• enchiridion
• handbook

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: マニュアル (manyuaru)

語源 2

From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

形容詞

manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)

1. Performed with the hands (of an activity).
   • 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., OCLC 318438930:

     She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.

2. Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
3. (technology) 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.

同意語

• handly

反意語

• automatic

等位語

• aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
• oral, relating to the mouth
• pedal, relating to the foot

派生語

関連する語

名詞

manual (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 manuals)

1. (countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
   1. (automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
   2. (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

      I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.

   3. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
   4. A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
2. (countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
   1. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

      do a manual

      give someone a quick manual

   2. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
3. (uncountable) Manual control or operation.

   Put the controls to manual.

   Leave the system on manual.

同意語

• (automotive): stick shift / stick
• (automotive): standard transmission / standard

参考

(automotive):

• automatic
• semi-automatic
• manumatic

Further reading

• Manual on Wikipedia.
• Manual in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

アナグラム

• alumna