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manqués

US/mɑnˈkeɪ/

manqués is the plural of manqué.

Meaning of manqué

Adjective

manqué (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance, some inherent flaw or a constitutional lack.
    • “[…] and all things considered, I don't much regret that this affair with Miss Amory is manquée, though I wished for it once—in fact, all things considered, I am very glad of it.”1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXVII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 356

Questions about manqués

What is manqués the plural of?
Manqués is the plural of manqué.
How do you pronounce manqués?
Manqués is pronounced /mɑnˈkeɪ/ (US).

Words near manqués in the dictionary

  1. manqueller
  2. manquellers
  3. manquelling
  4. manqué
  5. manquée
  6. manqués
  7. manred
  8. manreds
  9. manrent
  10. manrents
  11. Manresa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: manqués (page history and authors); manqué (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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