mango

See also Mango, mangō, and manĝo

English

mangoes (fruit)

Etymology

Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from ma "mango-specie" + kay "unripe fruit".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun

mango (plural mangoes or mangos)

1. (botany) A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
2. The fruit of the mango tree.
3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing.
   • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335

     In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

4. (US, chiefly southern Midwest, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling
   • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, Page 222

     Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, Page 154

     Best mango peppers

   • 1943 August 9, Mary Adgate, “Stuffed Mangoes”, Lima, Ohio, page 5:

     Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.

   • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41

     Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

5. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
6. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax. (also often capitalized: Mango)

Translations

tropical fruit tree

Arabic: منجو (ar) (mángu, mánju) m., منجا (ar) (mánga, mánja) f. Burmese: သရက်ပင် (my) (θayeʔ bìn) Chinese: Mandarin: 芒果樹 (cmn), 芒果树 (cmn) (mángguǒ-shù) Dutch: mangoboom (nl) m. Esperanto: mangujo (eo) Fijian: maqo (fj) Tagalog: puno ng mangga (tl) French: manguier (fr) m. German: Mangobaum m. Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) (mángo) m. Hiligaynon: mangga Indonesian: pohon mangga Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō) Latin: aniba (la)

Macedonian: манго (mk) (mángo) n. Malay: pokok mangga (ms), pohon mangga (ms) Malayalam: മാവു് (māvu) Maltese: mango (mt) m. Persian: انبه (fa) Polish: mango (pl) n. Portuguese: mangueira (pt) f. Russian: манго (ru) (mángo) n. Spanish: árbol de mango m. Swahili: embe (sw) Tagalog: puno ng mangga (tl), mango (tl), mangopuu (tl) Tamil: மாமரம் (ta) (māmaram) Tetum: haas-hun Thai: มะม่วง (th) (mamuaang) Turkish: mango (tr) Uyghur: مانگو (ug) Vietnamese: (cây) xoài

fruit of the mango tree

Arabic: منجو (ar) (mángu, mánju) m., منجا (ar) (mánga, mánja) f. Armenian: մանգո (hy) (mango) Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) n. Bengali: আম (bn) (ām) Burmese: သရက်သီး (my) (θayeʔ θí) Chinese: Mandarin: 芒果 (cmn) (mángguǒ) Min Nan: 檨仔 (suāiⁿ-á) Czech: mango (cs) n. Dutch: mango (nl) m. Esperanto: mango (eo) Fijian: maqo (fj) Finnish: mango (fi) French: mangue (fr) f. Georgian: მანგო (ka) (mango) German: Mango (de) f. Greek: μάνγκο (el) (mángko) n. Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) (mángo) m. Hiligaynon: mangga, paho Hindi: आम (hi) (ām) m. Hungarian: mangó (hu) Indonesian: buah mangga Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō)

Korean: 망고 (ko) (manggo) Latvian: mango (lv) Macedonian: манго (mk) (mángo) n. Malay: mangga (ms), buah mangga (ms) Malayalam: മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) Maltese: siġra tal-mango Marathi: आंबा (āmbā) m. Navajo: naakaii bichʼil łitsxooí Persian: انبه (fa) (anbe) Polish: mango (pl) n. Portuguese: manga (pt) f. Rohingya: amm Russian: манго (ru) (mángo) n. Spanish: mango (es) m., manga f. (Eastern Bolivia), mangó m. (Puerto Rico) Swahili: embe (sw) Swedish: mango (sv) Tagalog: mangga (tl) Tamil: மாங்காய் (ta) (māṅkāy), மாம்பழம் (ta) (māmpalam) Tetum: haas-fuan Turkish: mango (tr) Ukrainian: манго (uk) (mánho) n., манґо (uk) (mángo) n. Urdu: آم (ur) (ām) m. Vietnamese: xoài (vi), quả xoài (vi), trái xoài (vi)

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Telugu: మామిడి (maamiDi)

References

• (bell peppers): The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia

See also

• Mango on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• among

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Czech

Noun

mango n.

1. mango

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Dutch

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mango m. (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje)

1. mango

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Esperanto

Wikipedia ^eo

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmanɡo/
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango (plural mangoj, accusative singular mangon, accusative plural mangojn)

1. mango (fruit)

Derived terms

• mangujo
• mangifero

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Galician

Noun

mango m. (plural mangos)

1. handle

Synonyms

• (handle): cabo

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Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈŋɔʔ/

Noun

mangô

1. (pejorative) Idiot.

Adjective

mangô

1. Stupid, foolish.

Usage notes

• The word can sound friendly and affectionate between close people.

See also

• banihut sutil
• lipaton
• manul

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Italian

Noun

mango m. (plural manghi)

1. mango

Anagrams

• magno, magnò

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Latin

Noun

mangō (genitive mangōnis); f, third declension

1. dealer, monger

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mangō	mangōnēs
genitive	mangōnis	mangōnum
dative	mangōnī	mangōnibus
accusative	mangōnem	mangōnēs
ablative	mangōne	mangōnibus
vocative	mangō	mangōnēs

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Polish

Etymology

From English mango, ultimately from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (mangnga). Compare Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmãŋɡɔ]

• Audio

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Noun

mango n.

1. mango (fruit and tree)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /manɡo/

Etymology 1

From Latin manicus.

Noun

mango m. (plural mangos)

1. handle

Etymology 2

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, probably from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (mangnga). Compare Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Noun

mango m. (plural mangos)

1. (botany) mango

See also

• asa f.
• manija f.
• manivela f.