manu militari
\ma.ny mi.li.ta.ʁi\
The verdict
“manu militari” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec force ou pouvoir militaire, avec moyens militaires armés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manu-militari · manu militari · French
manu militari · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manu militari |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ma.ny mi.li.ta.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
manu militari is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ma.ny mi.li.ta.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for manu militari, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manu militari, spelled M-A-N-U- -M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1Avec force ou pouvoir militaire, avec moyens militaires armés.
- 2Violemment, en exerçant une force physique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manu militari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Titre] Des colons juifs évacués manu militari à Hébron
Pour s’être aventuré en dehors d’un carré presse dans lequel les « journalopes » étaient dûment parqués, il a été ceinturé puis soulevé par deux gros bras du Front, qui l’ont éjecté manu militari de la salle, lui tordant un poignet au passage.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.