manufacture

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanɪˈfaktʃə/ Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧ture Rhymes: -æktʃə(ɹ) === Noun === manufacture (plural manufactures) The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale. Anything made, formed or produced; product. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation. (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms. ==== Related terms ==== manufact manufactory ==== Translations ==== === Verb === manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured) To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point. ==== Related terms ==== machinofacture manufacturer ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “manufacture”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “manufacture”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin manufactūra (“making by hand”); from manū (“by hand”) + factūra (“act of making”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ny.fak.tyʁ/ === Noun === manufacture f (plural manufactures) factory ==== Derived terms ==== manufacturier manufacturer === Further reading === “manufacture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === manifacture === Etymology === Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura. === Noun === manufacture f (plural manufactures) creation; manufacture === References === Etymology and history of “manufacture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “manufacture”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Verb === manufacture inflection of manufacturar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative