manicure

English

Etymology

From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

manicure (plural manicures)

  1. A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails.
  2. (dated) A manicurist.

Descendants
  • → Japanese: マニキュア
  • → Korean: 매니큐어 (maenikyueo)

Translations

Verb

manicure (third-person singular simple present manicures, present participle manicuring, simple past and past participle manicured)

  1. To apply such treatment to the hands.

See also

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Verb

manicure

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of manicuren

French

Noun

manicure m or f (plural manicures)

  1. Alternative spelling of manucure

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.niˈku.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧cù‧re

Noun

manicure f (invariable)

  1. manicure
  2. manicurist
    Synonym: manicurista

Anagrams

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French manicure.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ɲiˈkir/, /ma.ɲiˈkjur/, /maˈɲi.kjur/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikir
  • Syllabification: ma‧ni‧cure

Noun

manicure m inan

  1. manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)

Declension
Declension of manicure
singular plural
nominative manicure manicure'y
genitive manicure'u manicure'ów
dative manicure'owi manicure'om
accusative manicure manicure'y
instrumental manicure'em manicure'ami
locative manicurze manicure'ach
vocative manicurze manicure'y

Derived terms
nouns
  • manicurzysta
  • manicurzystka

Further reading
  • manicure in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manicure in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French manucure.[1][2]

Noun

manicure f (plural manicures)

  1. manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)
    Synonym: manicura

Noun

manicure m or f by sense (plural manicures)

  1. manicurist (person who performs manicures)
    Synonym: manicuro

References
  1. “manicure” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “manicure” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Alternative form of manicura

Noun

manicure f (plural manicures)

  1. manicure
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