jungle

English

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Etymology

1776, via Hindi जंगल and Urdu جنگل (jangal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"dZVNg@l/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəl

Noun

jungle (plural jungles)

1. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
2. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

   It’s a jungle out there.

3. (slang) An area where hobos camp together.
4. (uncountable) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.

Derived terms

Terms derived from "jungle"

asphalt jungle concrete jungle it's a jungle out there

jungle bunny jungle juice jungle telegraph

jungle warfare law of the jungle

Translations

large, undeveloped, humid forest

• Arabic: أدغال (ar) ('adghaal) m
• Armenian: ջունգլի (hy) (ǰungli)
• Asturian: xungla (ast) f
• Bengali: জঙ্গল (bn)
• Catalan: jungla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叢林 (cmn), 丛林 (cmn) (cónglín), 密林 (cmn) (mìlín)

• Chiquitano: nüunrrü
• Czech: džungle (cs) f
• Danish: jungle (da) c
• Dutch: oerwoud (nl), jungle (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĝangalo (eo)
• Finnish: viidakko (fi)
• French: jungle (fr) f, forêt vierge (fr) f, forêt tropicale (fr) f
• German: Dschungel (de) m, f, and n
• Greek: ζούγκλα (el) (zoúgkla) f
• Gujarati: જંગલ (gu) (jaṅgal)
• Hebrew: ג'ונגל (he)
• Hindi: जंगल (hi) (jaṅgal) m
• Hungarian: dzsungel (hu)
• Icelandic: frumskógur (is) m
• Irish: dufair (ga) f
• Italian: giungla (it) f

• Japanese: 密林 (ja) (みつりん, mitsurin), ジャングル (ja) (janguru)
• Kamasau: char
• Malay: hutan rimba (ms), jenggala (ms)
• Marathi: जंगल (mr) (jaṅgal)
• Nepali: जङ्गल (ne) (jaṅgala)
• Norwegian: jungel (no) m
• Persian: جنگل (fa) (jangal)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: stik
• Polish: dżungla (pl)
• Portuguese: selva (pt) f, floresta (pt) f
• Romanian: junglă (ro) f
• Russian: джунгли (ru) (džúngli) f pl
• Sanskrit: जङ्गल (sa) (jaṅgala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џунгла (sh) f

  Roman: džungla (sh) f

• Slovene: džúngla (sl) f
• Spanish: selva (es) f, jungla (es) f
• Swahili: mwituni (sw)
• Swedish: djungel (sv) c
• Tamil: ஜங்கிள் (ta) (jaṅkiḷ), காட்டில் (ta) (kāṭṭil)
• Telugu: అడవి (te) (aDavi)
• Urdu: جنگل (ur) (jangal) m

colloquial: place where people behave ruthlessly

• Finnish: viidakko (fi)
• French: jungle (fr) f

• Greek: ζούγκλα (el) (zoúgkla) f
• Portuguese: selva (pt) f

style of electronic music

• Finnish: jungle (fi)
• French: jungle (fr) f

• Irish: ceol dufaire (ga) m

See also

• rainforest

External links

• Jungle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on Jungle (forest)
• Jungle (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Jungle (music)
• Jungle in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Danish

Etymology

From English jungle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /djɔnɡlə/, [ˈd̥jɔŋlə]

Noun

jungle c (singular definite junglen, plural indefinite jungler)

1. jungle

Inflection

    Inflection of jungle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	jungle	junglen	jungler	junglerne
genitive	jungles	junglens	junglers	junglernes

External links

• Jungle on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From English jungle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒœ̃ɡl/

• Audio (France, la jungle)

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Noun

jungle f (plural jungles)

1. jungle (all senses)