manette
French, noun/ma.nɛt/
manette is spelled M-A-N-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manette is a French feminine noun meaning “lever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poignée, généralement de métal, qui sert à actionner un mécanisme, un levier, un robinet, une roue…”.
What does manette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelever
- 2
femininejoystick, (console) controller
- 3
Quebecfeminineremote control
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poignée, généralement de métal, qui sert à actionner un mécanisme, un levier, un robinet, une roue… 2. Manette de jeu. 3. Télécommande. 4. Petite main, menotte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manette
- manettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manette?
- /ma.nɛt/
- \ma.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manette in French?
manette appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).