mangle
English
Pronunciation
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
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- (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
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Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mangel, from late Middle High German mangel, enhanced form of mange, originally “mangonel”, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum. Doublet of mangonel. Cognate with German Mangel, Dutch mangel, both “mangle”.
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
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- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- 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.
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Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
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Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- mangrove (tree)
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Catalan
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Pronunciation
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
Danish
Etymology
From German mangeln (“to lack”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, perfect tense er/har manglet)
German
Verb
mangle
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of mangeln.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of mangeln.
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)
- to lack (something)
Related terms
References
- “mangle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
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