English

Noun

manufacture ‎(plural manufactures)

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
   • 2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, in CNN.com:

     After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners

2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
   • Jonathan Swift

     The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

3. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

Derived terms

• manufactural
• manufacture of consent

Related terms

• manufact
• manufactory

Translations

Verb

manufacture ‎(third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)

1. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
   • 2008 July 23, Michael Brooks, “Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF”, in New Scientist:

     Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs

2. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

   to manufacture wool into blankets

3. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
   • 2000 December 10, Daniel Zalewski, “The Misinformation Age”, in New York Times:

     Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.

Related terms

• manufacturer

Translations

References

• manufacture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “manufacture”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".

Noun

manufacture f ‎(plural manufactures)

1. factory

Middle French

Alternative forms

• manifacture

Etymology

Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura.

Noun

manufacture f (plural manufactures)

1. creation; manufacture

References

• “manufacture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (manufacture)

Spanish

Verb

manufacture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manufacturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.