manicure

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/

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manicure (plural manicures)

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

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

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

1. (transitive) To apply such a treatment to the hands.
2. (transitive, figurative) To polish or trim something very finely or evenly.

• pedicure

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manicure

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

manicure m or f (plural manicures)

1. alternative spelling of manucure

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

manicure f (invariable)

1. manicure
2. manicurist

   Synonym: manicurista

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• manikiur

Unadapted borrowing from French manicure.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɲiˈkir/, /ma.ɲiˈkjur/, /maˈɲi.kjur/

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• Rhymes: -ir, -ur, -ikjur
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧cure

manicure m inan

1. manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)

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

• manicura

Borrowed from French manucure.^[1][2]

manicure f (plural manicures)

1. manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)

   Synonym: manicura

manicure m or f by sense (plural manicures)

1. manicurist (person who performs manicures)

   Synonym: manicuro

Alternative form of manicura

• IPA^(key): /maniˈkuɾe/ [ma.niˈku.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -uɾe
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧cu‧re

manicure f (plural manicures)

1. manicure

• “manicure”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010