manus

Other forms of manus

plural

manuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about manus

What does manus mean?

manus means "the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb".

How many syllables are in manus?

manus has 2 syllables: ma-nus. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪnɪs/.

What is another word for manus?

Close synonyms include hand, mitt, paw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manus a common word?

manus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.