manga

See also: Manga, mangá, många, mānga, and mangā

Languages (32)

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English

A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋɡə/, /ˈmæŋɡə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋɡə, -æŋɡə
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

2. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.

   Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua

   • 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).

3. (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.
   • 2019 July 28, Emiko Jozuka, “Japanese anime: From ‘Disney of the East’ to a global industry worth billions”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z,” meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world.

4. (countable, loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

   Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

Alternative forms

• mangwa (obsolete)

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• Amerimanga
• animanga
• Euromanga
• impromanga
• la nouvelle manga
• mangadom
• manga mark

Related terms

• mangaka

Descendants

• → Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)

Translations

comic originating in Japan

• Albanian: mange f, manga f (definite)
• Arabic: مَانْغَا f (māngā), مَنْجَا f (māngā), (Arabian Gulf spelling) مَانْقَا f (māngā)
• Armenian: մանգա (hy) (manga)
• Azerbaijani: manqa
• Belarusian: ма́нга f (mánha)
• Bengali: মাঙ্গা (bn) (māṅgā)
• Bulgarian: ма́нга f (mánga)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: manga f
• Danish: manga c
• Dutch: manga (nl)
• Esperanto: mangao
• Finnish: manga (fi)
• French: manga (fr) m
• Georgian: მანგა (manga)
• German: Manga (de) m
• Greek: μάνγκα f (mángka)
• Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: מַנְגָה \ המנגה f (mánga)
• Hindi: मांगा m (māṅgā), माँगा m (māṅgā), मैंगा m (maiṅgā)
• Hungarian: manga (hu)
• Icelandic: manga (is) f
• Indonesian: manga (id)
• Irish: manga
• Italian: manga (it) m
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), マンガ (ja) (manga)
• Kazakh: манга (maña)
• Khmer: ម៉ានហ្គា (maan-gaa)
• Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: manga (ku)

• Kyrgyz: манга (manga)
• Latvian: manga f
• Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
• Macedonian: манга f (manga)
• Malay: manga (ms)
• Marathi: मांगा (māṅgā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: манга (mn) (manga)

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مانْگا (mângâ)

• Polish: manga (pl) f
• Portuguese: mangá (pt) m or f, manga (pt) m or f
• Romanian: manga (ro) f
• Russian: ма́нга (ru) f (mánga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: манга f

  Latin: manga f

• Slovak: manga (sk) f
• Slovene: manga f
• Spanish: manga (es) m
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Tagalog: manga (tl)
• Tajik: манга (manga)
• Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun-yîi-bpùn), มังงะ (mang-ngá)
• Turkish: manga (tr)
• Turkmen: manga
• Ukrainian: ма́нґа (uk) f (mánga), ма́нга f (mánha)
• Urdu: مَن٘گا m (maṅgā), مان٘گا m (māṅgā)
• Uyghur: مانگا (man'ga)
• Uzbek: manga
• Vietnamese: manga, mạn họa (vi), truyện tranh Nhật Bản, truyện tranh Nhật

any comic in such a style

• Arabic: مَانْغَا f (māngā), مَنْجَا f (māngā), (Arabian Gulf spelling) مَانْقَا f (māngā)
• Belarusian: ма́нга f (mánha)
• Bengali: মাঙ্গা (bn) (māṅgā)
• Bulgarian: ма́нга f (mánga)
• Catalan: manga (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫 / 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
• Hindi: मांगा m (māṅgā), माँगा m (māṅgā), मैंगा m (maiṅgā)
• Indonesian: manga (id)
• Italian: manga (it) m
• Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), マンガ (ja) (manga), コミック (ja) (komikku), コミックス (ja) (komikkusu)
• Korean: 일본 만화 (ilbon manhwa), 망가 (mangga)
• Latvian: manga f
• Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
• Macedonian: манга f (manga)
• Marathi: मांगा (māṅgā)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مانْگا (mângâ)

• 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) m
• Swedish: manga (sv) c
• Thai: มังงะ (mang-ngá)
• Ukrainian: ма́нґа (uk) f (mánga), ма́нга f (mánha)
• Urdu: مَن٘گا m (maṅgā)
• Vietnamese: manga, mạn họa (vi), truyện tranh Nhật Bản, truyện tranh Nhật

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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

Etymology 2

From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

1. (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

Etymology 3

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

1. Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”).

Etymology 4

Short for mangalitsa.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

1. A mangalitsa pig.

Anagrams

• Magan, magna

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangues)

1. sleeve

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmaŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]

Noun

manga m (plural mangues)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵑɡa/

Verb

-manga (infinitive kumánga)

1. to build
2. to bind
3. to tie
4. to button

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -mangira
  • Causative: -mangitsa
  • Conversive: -masula
  • Negative: -samanga
  • Passive: -mangidwa
  • Reduplicative: -mangamanga
  • Repetitive: -manganso
  • Stative: -mangika

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

Noun

manga

2. (countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

   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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

2. (comics) manga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay mangga.

Noun

manga m (plural manga's, no diminutive)

1. (dated, Indonesia) mango

   Synonyms: mango, manja

2. (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• mangaboom

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): man‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): man‧ga

Noun

manga

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Declension

Inflection of manga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		manga	mangat
genitive		mangan	mangojen
partitive		mangaa	mangoja
illative		mangaan	mangoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		manga	mangat
accusative	nom.	manga	mangat
	gen.	mangan
genitive		mangan	mangojen mangain rare
partitive		mangaa	mangoja
inessive		mangassa	mangoissa
elative		mangasta	mangoista
illative		mangaan	mangoihin
adessive		mangalla	mangoilla
ablative		mangalta	mangoilta
allative		mangalle	mangoille
essive		mangana	mangoina
translative		mangaksi	mangoiksi
abessive		mangatta	mangoitta
instructive		—	mangoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of manga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangani mangani accusative nom. mangani mangani gen. mangani genitive mangani mangojeni mangaini rare partitive mangaani mangojani inessive mangassani mangoissani elative mangastani mangoistani illative mangaani mangoihini adessive mangallani mangoillani ablative mangaltani mangoiltani allative mangalleni mangoilleni essive manganani mangoinani translative mangakseni mangoikseni abessive mangattani mangoittani instructive — — comitative — mangoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangasi mangasi accusative nom. mangasi mangasi gen. mangasi genitive mangasi mangojesi mangaisi rare partitive mangaasi mangojasi inessive mangassasi mangoissasi elative mangastasi mangoistasi illative mangaasi mangoihisi adessive mangallasi mangoillasi ablative mangaltasi mangoiltasi allative mangallesi mangoillesi essive manganasi mangoinasi translative mangaksesi mangoiksesi abessive mangattasi mangoittasi instructive — — comitative — mangoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangamme mangamme accusative nom. mangamme mangamme gen. mangamme genitive mangamme mangojemme mangaimme rare partitive mangaamme mangojamme inessive mangassamme mangoissamme elative mangastamme mangoistamme illative mangaamme mangoihimme adessive mangallamme mangoillamme ablative mangaltamme mangoiltamme allative mangallemme mangoillemme essive manganamme mangoinamme translative mangaksemme mangoiksemme abessive mangattamme mangoittamme instructive — — comitative — mangoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative manganne manganne accusative nom. manganne manganne gen. manganne genitive manganne mangojenne mangainne rare partitive mangaanne mangojanne inessive mangassanne mangoissanne elative mangastanne mangoistanne illative mangaanne mangoihinne adessive mangallanne mangoillanne ablative mangaltanne mangoiltanne allative mangallenne mangoillenne essive mangananne mangoinanne translative mangaksenne mangoiksenne abessive mangattanne mangoittanne instructive — — comitative — mangoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mangansa mangansa accusative nom. mangansa mangansa gen. mangansa genitive mangansa mangojensa mangainsa rare partitive mangaansa mangojaan mangojansa inessive mangassaan mangassansa mangoissaan mangoissansa elative mangastaan mangastansa mangoistaan mangoistansa illative mangaansa mangoihinsa adessive mangallaan mangallansa mangoillaan mangoillansa ablative mangaltaan mangaltansa mangoiltaan mangoiltansa allative mangalleen mangallensa mangoilleen mangoillensa essive manganaan manganansa mangoinaan mangoinansa translative mangakseen mangaksensa mangoikseen mangoiksensa abessive mangattaan mangattansa mangoittaan mangoittansa instructive — — comitative — mangoineen mangoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• mangasarjakuva

Further reading

• “manga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• magna

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga). Doublet of manhwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: mangas

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

   Hypernym: bande dessinée

   Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua

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

Related terms

• mangaka

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ɡɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ɡɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈmaŋħa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aŋɡa

• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Rhymes: -aŋħa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Latin manica

Old Galician-Portuguese manga

Galician manga

From Old Galician-Portuguese manga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. (nautical) beam

Related terms

• mangueira

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *mā

Proto-South Dravidian *m

Proto-South Dravidian *mām

Malayalam മാം (māṁ)

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Malayalam കായ (kāya)

Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)

Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.

Portuguese mangabor.

Galician manga

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)

   Botoulle manga á ensalada ― She added some mango to her salad.

Related terms

• mangueira

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manga

1. inflection of mangar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ŋa/

Noun

manga

1. (Yuwaalaraay) ear

   Synonym: bina

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Adverb

manga

1. many

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧nga

Particle

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

1. alternative form of mga

Adverb

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

1. alternative form of mga

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈman.ɡa/
• IPA^(key): (common) /ˈma.ŋa/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Noun

manga

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

   Coordinate terms: manhua, manhwa

Derived terms

• manga yonkoma

Related terms

• mangaka

See also

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: màn‧ga

Noun

manga m (invariable)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Anagrams

• magna

Japanese

Romanization

manga

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

Jingpho

Etymology

Jingpho numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: manga

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Nuosu ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Eastern Min 五 (ngô, ngū).

Numeral

manga

1. five

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋa/ [ˈmaː.ŋʌ]
• Rhymes: -aŋa
• Syllabification: ma‧nga

Noun

mánga

1. state of being sad, sorrowful
2. act of getting

Derived terms

• namanga

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “mánga [máꬻa]”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 303

Lingala

Noun

manga

1. mango

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡa] (Japanese-based)

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa, -a
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡə/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡə], /ˈmaŋə/ [ˈma.ŋə] (rare)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -aŋə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋa/ [ˈma.ŋa]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -aŋa, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧nga

Noun

manga (Jawi spelling ماڠا, plural manga-manga or manga²)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

   Hyponym: komik

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maŋa (“branch, fork”), from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋa/ [ˈmɐŋɐ]

Noun

manga

1. branch
2. stream, creek
3. faculty (of a university), unit (of a hospital)
4. act (of a play)

Further reading

• “manga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Nheengatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmãɡa/
  • (Rio Negro, Middle Amazon) IPA^(key): [ˈmã.ɡɐ]
  • (Solimões) IPA^(key): [ˈmã.ᵑɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ãɡa

Noun

manga (plural manga-itá)

1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

Related terms

• manga-iwa

References

• Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “manga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 446

Nias

Verb

manga

1. imperfective of a (“to eat”)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin manica, from manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. (clothing) sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:

     Et elle, quando esto oyu, empero que estaua muy mal ferido de morte, alynpou a cara cõna manga da loriga, et tomou a espada cõ ãbaslas mãos, coydandolle dar per çima da cabeça, et errouo et deulle hũu grã golpe eno caualo, atã grãde que lle cortou os narizes mesturado cõnas redeas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• mangueira

Descendants

• Fala: manga
• Galician: manga
• Portuguese: manga

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “manga”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “manga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “manga”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon mangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mangōn.

Verb

manga

1. to barter, chaffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of manga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	manga
present participle	mangandi
past participle	mangaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	manga	mangaða		manga	mangaða
2nd person singular	mangar	mangaðir		mangir	mangaðir
3rd person singular	mangar	mangaði		mangi	mangaði
1st person plural	mǫngum	mǫnguðum		mangim	mangaðim
2nd person plural	mangið	mǫnguðuð		mangið	mangaðið
3rd person plural	manga	mǫnguðu		mangi	mangaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	manga
1st person plural	mǫngum
2nd person plural	mangið

Conjugation of manga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	mangask
present participle	mangandisk
past participle	mangazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	mǫngumk	mǫnguðumk		mǫngumk	mǫnguðumk
2nd person singular	mangask	mangaðisk		mangisk	mangaðisk
3rd person singular	mangask	mangaðisk		mangisk	mangaðisk
1st person plural	mǫngumsk	mǫnguðumsk		mangimsk	mangaðimsk
2nd person plural	mangizk	mǫnguðuzk		mangizk	mangaðizk
3rd person plural	mangask	mǫnguðusk		mangisk	mangaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	mangask
1st person plural	mǫngumsk
2nd person plural	mangizk

Related terms

• mang n
• mangari m

Descendants

• Icelandic: manga
• Swedish: många

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “manga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

manga

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: man‧ga

Noun

manga f

1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

   Hypernym: komiks

   Coordinate term: anime

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

Derived terms

nouns

• mangowiec
• mangozjeb

Related terms

nouns

• mangaka

Further reading

• manga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Latin manica

Old Galician-Portuguese manga

Portuguese manga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manga, from Latin manica, from manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche. Doublet of Mancha.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. pipe

Derived terms

• manga curta
• manguinha
• manguito

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *mā

Proto-South Dravidian *m

Proto-South Dravidian *mām

Malayalam മാം (māṁ)

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Malayalam കായ (kāya)

Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)

Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.

Portuguese manga

Borrowed from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangueira

Derived terms

• cão chupando manga
• manga Alphonso
• manga espada
• manga maçã
• manga rosa
• manguinha

Descendants

• → Araweté: mãka
• → English: mango, manga (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
• → Galician: manga
• → Guajajára: màg
• → Hunsrik: Manga
• → Middle French: manga
  • French: mangue
• → Nheengatu: manga
• → Spanish: manga

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Noun

manga m or f (plural mangas)

2. (chiefly Portugal, comics) manga (comic made in Japanese)

   Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) mangá

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manga

1. inflection of mangar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “manga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “manga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “manga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡa/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: man‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. (tennis) set

   Synonyms: set, parcial

Derived terms

• a buenas horas mangas verdes
• arremangar
• as bajo la manga
• bajo manga
• chupamangas
• corte de manga
• corte de mangas
• estar de manga
• gentilhombre de manga
• hacer mangas y capirotes
• horno de manga
• manga ancha
• manga catavientos
• manga de agua
• manga de ángel
• manga de viento
• manga pastelera
• manga por hombro
• manguera
• pegar las mangas
• remangar
• sacar de la manga
• sacarse de la manga
• tener la manga ancha
• tirar la manga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Alternative forms

• mangá, mangwa

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     Japón, un país que ha enriquecido al mundo con el sushi, el karaoke y el manga, tiene muchos devotos, especialmente entre los fanáticos de los videojuegos y los geeks.

     Japan, a country that has enriched the world with sushi, karaoke and manga, has many devotees, especially among video game fanatics and geeks.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manga

1. inflection of mangar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

Borrowed 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ.ɡa/

Noun

manga c

2. (countable, uncountable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
3. (dated) hentai

   Synonym: hentai

4. (dated) anime

   Synonym: anime

Declension

Declension of manga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	manga	mangas
	definite	mangan	mangans
plural	indefinite	mangor	mangors
	definite	mangorna	mangornas

Declension of manga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	manga	mangas
	definite	mangan	mangans
plural	indefinite	manga	mangas
	definite	mangana	manganas

See also

• anime

References

• “manga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “manga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “manga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Magna

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧nga

Particle

mangá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

1. archaic spelling of mga

Anagrams

• magna, mag- -an, maang

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Italian banco (bench, sitting row, benches where rowers would sit in ships), originally a naval term, later becoming a group or assembly of sailors (often with the additional meaning of a mess or meal assembly), started being used by the army by 20th century latest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

Noun

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

1. (military) A squad of 10 soldiers.
2. (military) Sleeping quarters for sailors in warships.
3. (figurative) A group of people, crowd.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

Noun

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

2. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Further reading

• “manga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːn˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: man ga

Noun

manga

1. manga

Zazaki

Etymology

From man +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Noun

manga f (male equivalent ga)

1. cow