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manœuvre

/ma.nœvʁ/

noun, feminine/ma.nœvʁ/plural: manœuvres

manœuvre is feminine in French.

move, movement; operation, manoeuvre; manoeuvres

“marge de manœuvre” — elbow room, wiggle room

From Old French manovre, from Medieval Latin manū opera (“handiwork”), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *handuwerk. Equivalent to main (“hand”) + œuvre (“work”).

noun, masculine/ma.nœvʁ/plural: manœuvres

manœuvre is masculine in French.

labourer

From Old French manovre, from Medieval Latin manū opera (“handiwork”), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *handuwerk. Equivalent to main (“hand”) + œuvre (“work”).