manga

See also mangá, and många

English

Wikipedia

A young boy reading Black Cat in a Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmæŋɡə/, 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 originated 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.

   These days I was reading a Brazilian manga.

Translations

comic originated in Japan

Arabic: مانغا (ar) (manga, mangha) f., (Egyptian spelling) منجا (ar) (manga) f. Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) f. 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) 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) Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫, 漫画) Latvian: manga (lv) f. Lithuanian: manga (lt) f. Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f. Polish: manga (pl) f. Portuguese: mangá (pt) m. Russian: манга (ru) (mánga) f. Spanish: manga (es) f. Swedish: manga (sv) c. Ukrainian: манґа (uk) (mánga) f., манга (uk) (mánha, mánga) f.

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) (Mang-ga) Latvian: manga (lv) f. Lithuanian: manga (lt) f. Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f. Polish: manga (pl) f. Portuguese: mangá (pt) m., manga (pt) 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), 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

External links

• Manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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 manges)

1. manga (Japanese comic book)

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Dutch

Noun

manga ? (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje)

1. A manga

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Galician

Noun

manga f. (plural mangas)

1. A mango (fruit)

Related terms

• mangueira

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Italian

Noun

manga m. inv.

1. (manga) A manga

Anagrams

• magna

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Japanese

Noun

manga (hiragana まんが)

1. (manga) 漫画 Japanese comics

See also

• ame-comi

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Maori

Noun

manga

1. A stream, creek

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmaŋɡa]

Noun

manga f.

1. (manga) A 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.

1. A sleeve.

Etymology 2

Noun

manga f.

1. mango fruit.
2. mango tree.

Synonyms

• (tree): mangueira

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese, French manche.

Noun

manga f. (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. manga

Related terms

• manguera
• remangar

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Swedish

Noun

manga c.

1. (manga) A manga

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Turkish

Noun

manga

1. squad