different between sabreur vs manchette

English

Etymology

From French

Noun

sabreur (plural sabreurs)

1. (fencing) A fencer who fights with a sabre.

Derived terms

• beau sabreur

English

Etymology

From French manchette.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?????t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?n???t/
• Hyphenation: man?chette

Noun

manchette (plural manchettes)

1. (chiefly historical) an ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance
2. (biology) a sheath of microtubules which surrounds and extends tailwards from the nucleus of developing spermatids.
3. (fencing) a special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand
4. (cooking) a paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat
5. (furniture) an upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil.
6. (printing) a vertical heading within a newspaper article.
7. (cycling) a sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.

Translations

French

Etymology

From manche +? -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.??t/

Noun

manchette f (plural manchettes)

1. cuff
2. oversleeve, manchette
3. (journalism) headline
4. marginal note; note in the margin

Descendants

• German: Manschette
• Norwegian: mansjett (Bokmål), mansjett (Nynorsk)
• Portuguese: manchete
• Romanian: man?et?
• Russian: ???????? (manžéta)

Further reading

• “manchette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).