manga

See also: Manga, mangá, and många

English

A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (màn, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (ɣwɛ̀, “drawing”) (compare Mandarin 漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (manhwa)). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑŋɡə/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga
• Rhymes: -æŋɡə

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

1. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
   • 2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:

     English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.

   • 2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:

     Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.

   • 2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:

     Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).

2. (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.
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.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:manga.

Hypernyms

• comic

Hyponyms

• doujinshi (“independent or fan-produced manga”)

Coordinate terms

• manhua (“Chinese comic”)
• manhwa (“Korean comic”)
• komku (“Malaysian comic”)

Derived terms

• animanga

Related terms

• mangaka (manga author/artist)

Translations

comic originated in Japan

• Arabic: مَانْغَا‎‎ f (māngā), مَانْغَا‎‎ f (mānḡā), مَانْغَا‎‎ f (mangā), مَانْغَا‎‎ f (manḡā), (Egyptian spelling) مَنْجَا‎‎ f (mangā)
• Armenian: մանգա (hy) (manga)
• Belarusian: ма́нга f (mánha)
• Bengali: মাঙ্গা (manga)
• Bulgarian: ма́нга f (mánga)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: manga f
• Danish: manga c
• Dutch: manga (nl)
• Finnish: manga (fi)
• French: manga (fr) m
• Georgian: მანგა (manga)
• German: Manga (de) m
• Greek: μάνγκα f (mángka)
• Hebrew: המנגה‎‎ f (manga)
• Hindi: मैंगा (maiṅgā), मंगा (maṅgā)
• Hungarian: manga (hu)
• Indonesian: manga (id)
• Italian: manga (it) m
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), まんが (manga)
• Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫, 漫画)
• Latvian: manga f

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

  Cyrillic: манга f

  Roman: manga f

• Slovak: manga (sk) f
• Slovene: manga f
• Spanish: manga (es) f
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Tagalog: manga (tl)
• Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun-yîi-bpùn), มังงะ (mang-ngá)
• Turkish: manga (tr)
• Ukrainian: ма́нґа f (mánga), ма́нга f (mánha)
• Urdu: منگا‎‎ (mangā)
• Vietnamese: manga, mạn họa 漫畫, truyện tranh Nhật Bản, truyện tranh Nhật

comic done in Japanese style

• Arabic: مَانْغَا‎‎ f (mangā), مَانْغَا‎‎ f (manḡā), (Egyptian spelling) مَنْجَا‎‎ f (mangā)
• Belarusian: ма́нга f (mánha)
• Bulgarian: ма́нга f (mánga)
• Catalan: manga m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: manga
• Danish: manga c
• 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 (manga), コミック (komikku), コミックス (komikkusu)

• Korean: 일본 만화 (ilbon manhwa), 망가 (mangga)
• Latvian: manga f
• Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
• Macedonian: манга f (manga)
• Marathi: मांगा (maṃga)
• Polish: manga (pl) f
• Portuguese: mangá (pt) f (Brazil), manga (pt) f (Portugal)
• Russian: ма́нга (ru) f (mánga), япо́нские ко́миксы m pl (japónskije kómiksy)
• Spanish: manga (es) f
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Thai: มังงะ (mang-ngá)
• Ukrainian: ма́нґа f (mánga), ма́нга f (mánha)
• Vietnamese: mạn họa 漫畫, truyện tranh Nhật Bản, truyện tranh Nhật

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} manga (eu)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} mangao

• Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun-yîi-bpùn)

See also

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

Further reading

• manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Magan, magna

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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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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

Noun

manga

1. (countable) manga

   De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer.

   I believe they have read far too many mangas.

Declension

Declension of manga

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	manga	mangaen	mangaer	mangaerne
genitive	mangas	mangaens	mangaers	mangaernes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画 (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

1. manga

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. a manga (comic originated in Japan)
   • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction, in French), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:

     Hiromu Arakawa est une jeune mangaka débutante quand elle envoie son premier projet chez un éditeur. L’histoire courte deviendra FullMetal Alchemist, un des mangas les plus vendus au Japon : 12 millions d’exemplaires !

     Hiromu Arakawa was a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!

   • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction, in French), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:

     Osamu Tezuka est le plus grand dessinateur de manga. De 1947 à 1989, il dessine 150000 pages et crée d’innombrable séries : Astro Boy, le roi Léo, Metropolis, BlackJack, Les trois Adolf, Ayako, Phénix…

     Osamu Tezuka was the greatest manga artist. From 1947 to 1989, he drew 150,000 pages and created countless series: Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Black Jack, Message to Adolf, Ayako, Phoenix…

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Coordinate terms

• manhwa
• manhua

Related terms

• mangaka

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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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Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manɡa/

Noun

manga

1. ear

Synonyms

• bina

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (まんが, manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡa/, [ˈmäŋɡä]
• Hyphenation: màn‧ga

Noun

manga m (invariable)

1. (manga) manga

Anagrams

• magna

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Japanese

Romanization

manga

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんが
2. Rōmaji transcription of マンガ

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 漫画

Noun

manga

1. manga

Hyponyms

• komik

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Maori

Noun

manga

1. A stream, creek

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Derived terms

• manguito

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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)

Descendants

• → Asturian: mangu
• → English: mango (see there for further descendants)
• → French: mangue
• → Galician: manga
• → Spanish: manga

Synonyms

• (tree): mangueira

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Related terms

Terms related to manga

• a buenas horas mangas verdes
• arremangar

• manguera
• remangar

• tener la manga ancha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

Etymology 3

Verb

manga

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mangar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mangar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mangar.

Etymology 4

From Portuguese manga

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango tree
2. A type of mango (fruit)

Further reading

• “manga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Noun

manga c

1. (manga) manga

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Turkish

Noun

manga

1. squad

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Zazaki

Etymology

man +‎ -ga.

Noun

manga

1. cow