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

Borrowed 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.
5. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
6. A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
7. (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
8. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
9. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

   do a manual

同意語

• enchiridion
• handbook

派生語

語源 2

Borrowed 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, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     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 student manually corrected several errors missed 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 (複数形 manuals)

1. (automotive) Abbreviation of manual transmission.

同意語

• stick shift / stick
• standard transmission / standard

参考

(automotive):

• automatic
• semi-automatic
• manumatic

アナグラム

• alumna