Manoeuvre

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Transitive verb 1.5.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From French manoeuvre (noun) and manoeuvrer (verb), from Old French manovrer , from vulgar Latin *manuoperare, from Latin manu "by hand" + operari "to work".

Alternative spellings

• manœuvre (old-fashioned), maneuver (US)

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
UK	/məˈnuːvə/	/m@"nu:v@/

• Hyphenation: ma·noeu·vre
• Rhymes: -uːvə(r)

Noun

manoeuvre (plural manoeuvres )

1. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
2. (often plural) A large movement of military troops

   The army was on manoeuvres.

Translations

• Dutch: manoeuvre
• Ekspreso: manobro
• Esperanto: manovro
• French: manœuvre f
• German: Manöver
• Interlingua: manovra
• Italian: manovra f
• Norwegian: manøveren
• Portuguese: manobra f
• Russian: маневр , манёвр (manjovr)
• Spanish: maniobra f

Transitive verb

to manoeuvre (present participle manoeuvring , past tense and past participle manoeuvred )

1. To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

Translations

• French: manœuvrer
• Italian: manovrare
• Russian: маневрировать (manjevrirovat’)
• Spanish: maniobrar