manuel
French, noun/ma.nɥɛl/
manuel is spelled M-A-N-U-E-L (6 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written French, the 2,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manuel is a French masculine noun meaning “manual, handbook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Livre de référence sur un thème donné”.
What does manuel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
manual (performed with the hands)
- 2
manual (peformed by a human rather than a machine)
- 3
manual (which uses physical effort instead of desk work)
noun
- 1
masculinemanual, handbook
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne la main, qui est relatif à la main. 2. Qui se fait avec la main.
noun: 1. Livre de référence sur un thème donné. 2. Livre de référence scientifique (sciences exactes ou humaines). 3. Livre destiné à l’apprentissage d’un métier ou de toute activité. 4. Livre destiné à l’apprentissage d’une matière scolaire : manuel scolaire.
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 manuel
- manuelle feminine
- manuels masculine plural
- manuelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manuel?
- /ma.nɥɛl/
- \ma.nɥɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manuel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manuel in French?
manuel appears 34 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).