mangue

See also: mangué and Mangue

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French manger.

Noun

mangue (plural mangues)

1. The kusimanse, a genus of mongoose, Crossarchus.

Anagrams

• mueang

Caló

Pronoun

mangue

1. I
2. me

References

• “mangue” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 60.
• “mangue” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
• “mangue” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ɡ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: mangues

Etymology 1

From earlier manga, a loanword attested since 1553, attested in this spelling since 1604, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, from மா (mā, “mango species”) +‎ காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”)).

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

Related terms

• manguier

Etymology 2

From mangouste (“mongoose”).

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. a carnivorous mammal related to the mongoose

Related terms

• mangouste

Further reading

• “mangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

mangue

1. inflection of mangar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

mangue m (plural mangui)

1. mangrove

   Synonym: mangrovia

Anagrams

• emunga

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish mangle.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɨ/

Noun

mangue m (plural mangues)

1. mangrove (tropical habitat of trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water)

   Synonyms: manguezal, mangal

   • 2017, “Intro”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

     Somos argila do divino mangue / Suor e sangue / Carne e agonia / Sangue quente, noite fria

     We're the clay of the divine mangrove / Sweat and blood / Flesh and agony / Hot blood, cold night

2. mangrove (any of several trees that grow in such habitats)

Spanish

Verb

mangue

1. inflection of mangar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative