manicure
verb/ˈmænɪkjʊə(r)/
/ˈmænɪkjʊr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they manicure | /ˈmænɪkjʊə(r)/ /ˈmænɪkjʊr/ |
| he / she / it manicures | /ˈmænɪkjʊəz/ /ˈmænɪkjʊrz/ |
| past simple manicured | /ˈmænɪkjʊəd/ /ˈmænɪkjʊrd/ |
| past participle manicured | /ˈmænɪkjʊəd/ /ˈmænɪkjʊrd/ |
| -ing form manicuring | /ˈmænɪkjʊərɪŋ/ /ˈmænɪkjʊrɪŋ/ |
- manicure something to care for and treat your hands and nailsOxford Collocations DictionaryManicure is used with these nouns as the object:
- nail
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Latin manus ‘hand’ + cura ‘care’.
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