manche, n.f., sleeve; (geog.) channel; (at play) rubber, game, heat; (nav.) flexible pipe, hose. Bouts de —; half-sleeves. Grandes —s; pudding-sleeves. —s pendantes; hanging-sleeves. — à —; even (at play). Avoir une personne dans sa —; to have somebody at one’s disposal. C’est une autre paire de —s; that is quite another thing or a horse of another color or quite another pair of shoes. J’ai gagné la première —; I have won the first game (of the rubber) or first heat (racing). — à vent; (nav.) windsail.
manchette, n.f., cuff, ruffle; (print.) sidenote.
manchon, n.m., muff.
manchot, -te, n.m.f. and adj., one-handed, one-armed person; one-handed, one-armed. Il n’est pas —; he is no fool.
manchot, n.m., (orni.) penguin.
mancienne (-si-èn), n.f., mealy-tree, wayfaring-tree.
mandant, n.m., (jur.) employer; (com.) principal; constituent, elector.
mandarin, n.m., mandarin.
mandarine, n.f., mandarin orange.
mandarinier, n.m., (bot.) mandarin orange-tree.