manque

• manqué

From French manqué.

• IPA^(key): /mɒŋˈkeɪ/

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manque (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be

   an artist manque

• In most usage this word retains the grammar of French. It often appears in italics in English printed text, indicating that it should follow correct French spelling, inflection (plural, gender), as well as being positioned after the noun modified. See manqué.

manque

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mancar

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃k/

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Inherited from Middle French manque (first attested in 1594), from Old Italian manco (“lack”).

manque m (plural manques)

1. lack, absence

   le manque d’amour maternel ― the lack of maternal love

2. stress due to drug withdrawal

• en manque
• manque à gagner

manque

1. inflection of manquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Italian manco, from Latin mancus.[1]

manque f (plural not attested)

1. Only used in à la manque[1]

• “manque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

manque

1. inflection of mancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

manque

1. inflection of mancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

manque

1. inflection of mancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative