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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

From Middle English manuren (“‘to manure’”), from Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver), from vulgar Latin *manuoperare "work by hand", from Latin manu + operari (“‘to work’”).

[ Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/məˈn(j)ur/	/m@"n(j)ur/

• Hyphenation: ma·nure
• Rhymes: -uːr

[ Verb

Infinitive to manure

Third person singular manures

Simple past manured

Past participle manured

Present participle manuring

to manure (third-person singular simple present manures, present participle manuring, simple past and past participle manured)

1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
2. to apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver)

[ Translations

Cultivate by manual labor

Dutch: cultiveren

Apply manure

Dutch: bemesten Finnish: lannoittaa

Spanish: abonar, estercolar

[ Related terms

• to fertilize

[ Noun

Singular manure

Plural uncountable

manure (uncountable)

1. Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, pigs and chickens.

[ Translations

excrement

Albanian: bajgë Aromanian: baligă Bosnian: balega f. Chinese Characters: 糞, 粪 Czech: hnůj m. Danish: møg Dutch: mest m. Estonian: sõnnik Finnish: lanta (uncountable), jätös (countable) French: fumier m. German: Mist m. Italian: letame m., stallatico m.

Maltese: demel m. Plattdeutsch: Mischt m. Portuguese: estrume m. Romanian: balegă f. Serbian: Cyrillic: балега f. Roman: balega f. Spanish: abono m., estiércol m. Sundanese: manur Tamil: இயற்கை உரம் Uighur: چىلە

[ Related terms

• muck
• fertilizer