Manufacture

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃɚ/	/%m{nju"f{ktS@`/

• Hyphenation: man·u·fac·ture
• Rhymes: -æktʃə(r)

Transitive verb

manufacture (past and past participle: manufactured )

1. To create goods from ingredients, especially automatically.
2. In a negative sense, to fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Translations

• German: erzeugen (1), fertigen (1), herstellen (1), produzieren (1), fabrizieren (1, 2), basteln (2)