manga

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See also mangá, and många

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English [edit]

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A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Etymology [edit]

From Japanese 漫画 (manga), from  (man-, random, uncontrolled) +  (-ga, picture, sketch). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

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Noun [edit]

manga (countable and uncountable; plural manga or mangas)

  1. (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
  2. (countable) A comic originating in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
  3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
    Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

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Asturian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin manica.

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangues)

  1. sleeve

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Japanese 漫画 (manga), (man-) "random, uncontrolled" + (-ga) "picture, sketch". After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun [edit]

manga m (plural mangues)

  1. manga (Japanese comic book)

Dutch [edit]

Noun [edit]

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje)

  1. manga

French [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Japanese 漫画

Noun [edit]

manga m (plural mangas)

  1. A manga (a Japanese comic )

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Galician [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin manica.

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. sleeve

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (, mango species) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit).

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. mango (fruit)
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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

manga m (invariable)

  1. (manga) manga

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Japanese [edit]

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manga

  1. See まんが

Maori [edit]

Noun [edit]

manga

  1. A stream, creek

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Japanese 漫画

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Noun [edit]

manga f

  1. (manga) manga

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Portuguese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin manica, cognate with Spanish, French manche.

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. sleeve

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (, mango species) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit).

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. mango (fruit)
  2. mango (tree)
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Spanish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese, French manche.

Noun [edit]

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. sleeve
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Japanese.

Noun [edit]

manga m (plural mangas)

  1. manga

Swedish [edit]

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manga c

  1. (manga) manga

Turkish [edit]

Noun [edit]

manga

  1. squad