manille

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English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French manille, influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish manilla.

Pronunciation

Noun

manille (countable and uncountable, plural manilles)

  1. The second-highest trump in certain card games.
  2. A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit.

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Finnish

Noun

manille

  1. (deprecated template usage) allative singular of mani

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier malille, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala.

Noun

manille f (plural manilles)

  1. (card games) manille

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan manellie, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manicula (little hand), or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German mānili (crescent-shaped ornament, bracelet, literally little moon).

Noun

manille f (plural manilles)

  1. ring, bracelet (as worn by a slave or convict)

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish manilla.

Noun

manille f (plural manilles)

  1. manilla

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