manga

See also mangá, and många

English

Wikipedia

A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑŋgə/, /'mæŋg‌ə/, X-SAMPA: /"m{Ng@/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga
• Rhymes: -æŋɡə

Noun

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.

Translations

comic originated in Japan

• Arabic: مانغا (ar) (māngā, mānġā, manga, manġa) f, (Egyptian spelling) منجا (ar) (manga) f
• Armenian: մանգա (hy) (manga)
• Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) f
• Bengali: মাঙ্গা (bn) (manga)
• Bulgarian: манга (bg) (mánga) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫 (cmn), 漫画 (cmn) (mànhuà), 日本漫畫 (cmn), 日本漫画 (cmn) (Rìběn mànhuà)

• Czech: manga (cs) f
• Dutch: manga (nl)
• Finnish: manga (fi)
• French: manga (fr) m
• Georgian: მანგა (ka) (manga)
• German: Manga (de) m
• Greek: μάνγκα (el) (mánga) f
• Hebrew: המנגה (he) (manga) f
• Hindi: मैंगा (hi) (maiṅgā), मंगा (hi) (maṅgā)
• Indonesian: manga (id)
• Italian: manga (it) m
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), まんが (ja) (manga)
• Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫, 漫画)
• Latvian: manga (lv) f

• Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
• Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f
• Malay: manga (ms)
• Marathi: मांगा (mr) (maṃga)
• Mongolian: манга (mn) (manga)
• Persian: مانگا (fa) (mângâ)
• Polish: manga (pl) f
• Portuguese: mangá (pt) m
• Russian: манга (ru) (mánga) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: манга (sh) f

  Roman: manga (sh) f

• Slovak: manga (sk) f
• Slovene: manga (sl) f
• Spanish: manga (es) f
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Tagalog: manga (tl)
• Thai: มังงะ (th) (mang ngá)
• Turkish: manga (tr)
• Ukrainian: манґа (uk) (mánga) f, манга (uk) (mánha, mánga) f
• Urdu: منگا (ur) (mangā)
• Vietnamese: manga (vi), mạn họa (vi) (漫畫 (vi))

comic done in Japanese style

• Arabic: مانغا (ar) (manga, mangha) f, (Egyptian spelling) منجا (ar) (manga) f
• Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) f
• Bulgarian: манга (bg) (mánga) f
• Catalan: manga (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫 (cmn), 漫画 (cmn) (mànhuà), 日本漫畫 (cmn), 日本漫画 (cmn) (Rìběn mànhuà)

• Dutch: manga (nl)
• Finnish: manga (fi)
• French: manga (fr) m
• German: Manga (de) m
• Italian: manga (it) m
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), まんが (ja) (manga), コミック (ja) (komikku), コミックス (ja) (komikkusu)

• Korean: 일본 만화 (ko) (Ilbon manhwa), 망가 (ko) (mangga)
• Latvian: manga (lv) f
• Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
• Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f
• Marathi: मांगा (mr) (maṃga)
• Polish: manga (pl) f
• Portuguese: mangá (pt) f (Brazil), manga (pt) f (Portugal)
• Russian: манга (ru) (mánga) f, японские комиксы (ru) (japónskije kómiksy) m pl
• Spanish: manga (es) f
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Ukrainian: манґа (uk) (mánga) f, манга (uk) (mánha, mánga) f
• Vietnamese: mạn họa (vi) (漫畫 (vi)), manga (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Basque: manga (eu)
• Esperanto: mangao (eo)

• Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (th)

See also

• anime (Japanese animation)
• doujinshi (independent or fan-produced manga)
• manhua - Chinese comics
• manhwa - Korean comics
• komku - Malaysian comics

External links

• Manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangues)

1. sleeve

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

manga m (plural mangues)

1. manga (Japanese comic book)

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Dutch

Noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje)

1. manga

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. A manga (a Japanese comic )

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Related terms

• mangaka

Coordinate terms

• manhwa
• manhua

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Etymology 2

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

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)

Related terms

• mangueira

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Italian

Noun

manga m (invariable)

1. (manga) manga

Anagrams

• magna

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Japanese

Romanization

manga

1. See まんが

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Maori

Noun

manga

1. A stream, creek

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmaŋɡa]

• Audio

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Noun

manga f

1. (manga) manga

Declension

    declension of manga

	singular	plural
nominative	manga	mangi
genitive	mangi	mang
dative	mandze	mangom
accusative	mangę	mangi
instrumental	mangą	mangami
locative	mandze	mangach
vocative	mango	mangi

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, cognate with Spanish, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Etymology 2

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

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (tree)

Synonyms

• (tree): mangueira

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Related terms

• manguera
• remangar

Etymology 2

From Japanese.

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

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Swedish

Noun

manga c

1. (manga) manga

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Turkish

Noun

manga

1. squad