manicure

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/ See IPA manual

Freq #16709

Meanings

1

noun
A beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails.

She treated herself to a manicure before the wedding.
2

verb
To give the hands and fingernails a beauty treatment.

The salon will manicure your nails in about half an hour.
3

verb
To trim or shape something very carefully and neatly.

The gardeners had carefully manicured the lawns around the house.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms manicuredmanicuresmanicuring

Derived forms manicurermanicurismmanicurist

Related forms pedicure

Etymology

From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care.

manucure French

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Topics

Health & Medicine

External links

# manicure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/
**Frequency rank:** 16709

## Meanings
1. A beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails.
2. To give the hands and fingernails a beauty treatment.
3. To trim or shape something very carefully and neatly.

## Examples
- She treated herself to a manicure before the wedding.
- The salon will manicure your nails in about half an hour.
- The gardeners had carefully manicured the lawns around the house.

## Derived Forms
- manicurer
- manicurism
- manicurist

## Related Forms
- pedicure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: manucure

## Etymology
From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care.

## AI Etymology
Manicure is from French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care. In present-day use, it can mean a beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails, or to give the hands and fingernails a beauty treatment. Related forms include pedicure. Derived formations include manicurer, manicurism, manicurist.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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