manège

Etymology

From French manège, cognate with French manier, English manage.

Noun

manège (countable and uncountable, plural manèges)

1. The art of training and riding horses, dressage.
2. A riding school.
3. (Britain) A riding arena (enclosed, but usually unroofed area, in contradistinction to a riding hall).
4. The movements of a trained horse.

See also

• dressage

Anagrams

• Meegan, menage, ménage

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maneggio, deverbal of maneggiare (cognate with French manier).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nɛʒ/

Noun

manège m (plural manèges)

1. The art of training and riding horses.
2. riding school
3. (unroofed) riding arena
4. riding hall
5. fairground attraction; merry-go-round (UK), carousel (US)
6. (figuratively) (little) game, ploy, goings-on

   Synonym: jeu

Further reading

• “manège” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• engame, engamé, magnée, mangée, Mégane, ménage, ménagé