manoeuvre

See also: manœuvre and manœuvré

English

Alternative forms

maneuver (US), manœuvre (archaic), manoeuver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouver (sometimes considered misspelling), manouvre (sometimes considered misspelling)

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French noun (deprecated template usage) manœuvre and verb (deprecated template usage) manœuvrer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) manovrer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *(deprecated template usage) manuoperare, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) manu + (deprecated template usage) operari.

Pronunciation

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Noun

manoeuvre (plural manoeuvres)

Template:AU A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
Template:UK A large movement of military troops.
The British army was on manoeuvres.
An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.

Translations

a movement, often one performed with difficulty

Czech: manévr m
Dutch: manoeuvre n
Esperanto: manovro
French: manœuvre (fr) m
German: Manöver (de) n
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Hungarian: hadművelet (hu), manőver (hu)
Norwegian: manøver m
Russian: манёвр (ru) m (manjóvr)
Swedish: manöver (sv) c

a large movement of military troops

Dutch: manoeuvre n
Esperanto: manovro
Hungarian: hadgyakorlat (hu)
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Norwegian: manøver m
Russian: манёвр (ru) m (man'óvr)
Swedish: manöver (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

(deprecated template usage) French: manœuvre Template:f (1,2)
(deprecated template usage) German: Manöver
(deprecated template usage) Interlingua: manovra
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(deprecated template usage) Italian: manovra Template:f
(deprecated template usage) Portuguese: manobra Template:f
(deprecated template usage) Spanish: maniobra Template:f

Verb

manoeuvre (third-person singular simple present manoeuvres, present participle manoeuvring, simple past and past participle manoeuvred)

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

Translations

to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position

Czech: manévrovat
Esperanto: manovri
French: manœuvrer (fr)
German: manövrieren (de)
Hungarian: manőverez (hu)
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Italian: manovrare
Norwegian: manøvrere
Russian: маневрировать (ru) (manevrírovatʹ)
Spanish: maniobrar
Swedish: manövrera (sv)

Anagrams

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