mangle

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English mangelen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.

Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.

Verb

mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)

  1. (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  2. (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
Translations

Etymology 2

Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.

Noun

mangle (plural mangles)

hand mangle
  1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
    • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
      There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like a primitive version of a washing machine.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
Translations

Etymology 3

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Noun

mangle (plural mangles)

  1. mangrove (tree)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish mangle.

Pronunciation

Noun

mangle m (plural mangles)

  1. mangrove

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

From German mangeln (“to lack”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manɡlə/, [ˈmɑŋlə]

Verb

mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, perfect tense er/har manglet)

  1. lack
  2. want
  3. need
  4. be missing
  5. be lacking
  6. be absent

French

Noun

mangle f (plural mangles)

  1. mangrove (fruit)
  2. mangle (device)

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mangle

  1. inflection of mangeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German mangeln.

Verb

mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)

  1. to lack (something)

References

Spanish

Etymology

From Kari'na or Taíno/Lokono.

Noun

mangle m (plural mangles)

  1. mangrove

Further reading

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