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noun, feminine

manivelle

/ma.ni.vɛl/

noun, feminine/ma.ni.vɛl/plural: manivelles

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Related: retour de manivelle

Inherited from Old French manevele, probably from a Vulgar Latin *manabella, alteration of *manibula, variant of Latin manicula (and therefore a doublet of manicle), from manus (“hand”), or alternatively from Late Latin manuālis.