wang

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.3 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Mandarin 3.1 Pinyin syllable 3.1.1 Usage notes 4 Old English 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Pronunciation 4.4 Noun 4.4.1 Descendants 5 Woiwurrung 5.1 Noun 5.2 Alternative spellings 5.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

(onomatopoeia)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæŋg/

[edit] Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.

[edit] Verb

to wang (third-person singular simple present wangs, present participle wanging, simple past and past participle wanged)

1. To batter; to clobber; to conk.
2. To throw, especially a Wellington boot; wellywang.

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæŋg/, /wɒŋg/

[edit] Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (colloquial) Penis.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: agnw
• gnaw
• Ngwa

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA: /wɑŋ/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /ʋɑŋ/

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[edit] Noun

wang f. (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje)

1. Cheek.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

wang

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, wāng, wáng, wǎng, or wàng.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• wong

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon wang, Old High German -wang (in holzwang), Old Norse vangr (Swedish vång), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /waŋg/

[edit] Noun

wang m. (plural wangas)

1. (poetic) plain, field, ground

[edit] Descendants

• English: wong

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[edit] Woiwurrung

[edit] Noun

wang

1. cheek

[edit] Alternative spellings

• wangga

[edit] References

• Barry J. Blake. 1991 Woiwurrung In: The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches, ed. R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, pp. 31-124, OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4.