manual transmission

English

Noun

manual transmission (plural manual transmissions)

1. (automotive) A multi-speed vehicle transmission, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars, or a hand lever for motorcycles).

Synonyms

• stickshift (US), standard transmission

Antonyms

• automatic transmission, automatic gearbox, automatic

Translations

type of transmission

• Danish: manuelt gear
• Finnish: manuaalivaihteisto (fi)
• French: boite de vitesses manuelle (fr)
• German: Handschaltung (de) f, manuelles Getriebe n, Schaltgetriebe n
• Macedonian: рачен менувач m (račen menuvač)
• Romanian: cutie de viteze manuală f
• Serbo-Croatian: ручни мењач m, ručni menjač m
• Spanish: transmisión manual f, caja manual f, transmisión mecánica f (Latin America)
• Swedish: manuell växellåda c

See also

• continuously variable transmission
• semi-automatic transmission