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masculine

/ma.na.dʒœʁ/

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Translation

manager, team boss

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'manager', which goes back through Italian maneggiare ('to handle, to train a horse') to Latin manus ('hand').

Origin: English
Root: manager
English cognates: manager, manual

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmanagers

Examples

l' .

The team manager spoke to the press.

The managers meet every Monday.

l' .

She has been a manager since the age of thirty.

His manager turns down every interview.

A good manager listens to their team.

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This word is part of lesson 54.