manicure C1 Topic:Describing Qualities 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms manicuredmanicuresmanicuring Derived forms manicurermanicurismmanicurist Related forms pedicure Etymology AI details From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care. manucure French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities markdown