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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•qué /mɑŋˈkeɪ/USA pronunciation adj. [after a noun]- unsuccessful;
unfulfilled:a poet manqué.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: manqué French: /mɑ̃ke; English: ˈmɒŋkeɪ/ adj - (postpositive) unfulfilled; potential; would-be: the manager is an actor manqué
Etymology: 19th Century: literally: having missed manque (mänk),USA pronunciation n. [French.]- the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette. Cf. passe.
man•qué (mäng kā′; Fr. män kā′),USA pronunciation adj. - having failed, missed, or fallen short, esp. because of circumstances or a defect of character;
unsuccessful;
unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively):a poet manqué who never produced a single book of verse.
- Medieval Latin, Late Latin mancus (Latin: feeble, literally, maimed, having a useless hand, probably derivative of manus hand)
- Italian mancare, derivative of manco lacking, defective
- French, past participle of manquer to lack, be short of
- 1770–80
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