mango

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See also: Mango, mangó, manĝo, and mangō

English

WOTD – 15 December 2012
mangoes (fruit)
Black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
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Etymology

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun

mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)

  1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
    • 1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146:
      On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.
  2. The fruit of the mango tree.
    • 1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas Stack, Royal Society (1741), page 376:
      And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.
  3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
    • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335:
      In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.
  4. (US, chiefly southern Midwestern US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
    • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222:
      Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.
    • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154:
      Best mango peppers
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    • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:
      Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.
  5. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
  6. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
  7. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
    mango:  

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

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Verb

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  1. (uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
    • 1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444:
      Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.
    • 1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art:
      In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.
    • 2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66:
      For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.

Translations

References

Anagrams

Antillean Creole

Noun

mango

  1. mango

Chichewa

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. mango (fruit)
  2. plural of bango

Synonyms

Cornish

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango

Mutation

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Czech

Etymology

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango n

  1. mango (the fruit of the mango tree)

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡoː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

  1. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango
    Synonyms: manga, manja
  2. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

Esperanto

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Etymology

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango (accusative singular mangon, plural mangoj, accusative plural mangojn)

  1. mango (fruit)

Derived terms

Finnish

Declension

Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mango mangot
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
illative mangoon mangoihin
singular plural
nominative mango mangot
accusative nom. mango mangot
gen. mangon
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
inessive mangossa mangoissa
elative mangosta mangoista
illative mangoon mangoihin
adessive mangolla mangoilla
ablative mangolta mangoilta
allative mangolle mangoille
essive mangona mangoina
translative mangoksi mangoiksi
abessive mangotta mangoitta
instructive — mangoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangoni mangoni
accusative nom. mangoni mangoni
gen. mangoni
genitive mangoni mangojeni
partitive mangoani mangojani
inessive mangossani mangoissani
elative mangostani mangoistani
illative mangooni mangoihini
adessive mangollani mangoillani
ablative mangoltani mangoiltani
allative mangolleni mangoilleni
essive mangonani mangoinani
translative mangokseni mangoikseni
abessive mangottani mangoittani
instructive — —
comitative — mangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangosi mangosi
accusative nom. mangosi mangosi
gen. mangosi
genitive mangosi mangojesi
partitive mangoasi mangojasi
inessive mangossasi mangoissasi
elative mangostasi mangoistasi
illative mangoosi mangoihisi
adessive mangollasi mangoillasi
ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi
allative mangollesi mangoillesi
essive mangonasi mangoinasi
translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi
abessive mangottasi mangoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — mangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangomme mangomme
accusative nom. mangomme mangomme
gen. mangomme
genitive mangomme mangojemme
partitive mangoamme mangojamme
inessive mangossamme mangoissamme
elative mangostamme mangoistamme
illative mangoomme mangoihimme
adessive mangollamme mangoillamme
ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme
allative mangollemme mangoillemme
essive mangonamme mangoinamme
translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme
abessive mangottamme mangoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — mangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangonne mangonne
accusative nom. mangonne mangonne
gen. mangonne
genitive mangonne mangojenne
partitive mangoanne mangojanne
inessive mangossanne mangoissanne
elative mangostanne mangoistanne
illative mangoonne mangoihinne
adessive mangollanne mangoillanne
ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne
allative mangollenne mangoillenne
essive mangonanne mangoinanne
translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne
abessive mangottanne mangoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — mangoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mangonsa mangonsa
accusative nom. mangonsa mangonsa
gen. mangonsa
genitive mangonsa mangojensa
partitive mangoaan
mangoansa 		mangojaan
mangojansa
inessive mangossaan
mangossansa 		mangoissaan
mangoissansa
elative mangostaan
mangostansa 		mangoistaan
mangoistansa
illative mangoonsa mangoihinsa
adessive mangollaan
mangollansa 		mangoillaan
mangoillansa
ablative mangoltaan
mangoltansa 		mangoiltaan
mangoiltansa
allative mangolleen
mangollensa 		mangoilleen
mangoillensa
essive mangonaan
mangonansa 		mangoinaan
mangoinansa
translative mangokseen
mangoksensa 		mangoikseen
mangoiksensa
abessive mangottaan
mangottansa 		mangoittaan
mangoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — mangoineen
mangoinensa

Etymology 1

Noun

mango

  1. mango (fruit)

Etymology 2

Noun

mango

  1. long-nosed kusimanse, common kusimanse, cusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus
    Synonym: kusimanse

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. handle
    Synonym: cabo

Etymology 2

Verb

mango

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Pronunciation

Noun

mangô

  1. (derogatory) Idiot.

Adjective

mangô

  1. Stupid, foolish.

Usage notes

  • The word can sound friendly and affectionate between close people.

See also

Italian

Etymology

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango m (plural manghi)

  1. mango

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

mangō m (genitive mangōnis); third declension

  1. dealer, monger (especially of slaves)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mangō mangōnēs
Genitive mangōnis mangōnum
Dative mangōnī mangōnibus
Accusative mangōnem mangōnēs
Ablative mangōne mangōnibus
Vocative mangō mangōnēs

References

  • “mango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mango”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mango in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mango”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

 mango on Latvian Wikipedia
Mango (1)
Mango (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, see etymology at English mango.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mango m (invariable)

  1. tree of the genus Mangifera with aromatic, sweet fruits
    mango ir viens no tropu svarīgākajiem augļu kokiem ― the mango is one of the most important tropical fruit trees
  2. mango fruit (the fruit of this tree)
    mango ir tropu koku augļi ― the mango is a tropical tree fruit
    mēs pasūtām mango sulu ar ledu ― we ordered mango juice with ice

Polish

Etymology

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango n (indeclinable)

  1. mango (fruit and tree)

Spanish

un mango de espada

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanɡo/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡo]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin manicus, from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
    • 2011, Estándar de milady: barbero profesional, 5th edition, Milady, page 353:
      Sostenga el mango de la navaja entre los dedos anular y meñique, […]
      Hold the razor’s handle between your ring finger and little finger, […]

See also

un mango

Etymology 2

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango (fruit and tree)
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Lunfardo, colloquial) cash, dough (money)

Descendants

  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mönco

Etymology 3

Verb

mango

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mangar.

Further reading

Swahili

Noun

mango (n class, plural mango)

  1. solid

Swedish

Etymology

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango c

  1. mango

Declension

Declension of mango 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mango mangon mangor, mangoer mangorna, mangoernas
Genitive mangos mangons mangors, mangoers mangornas, mangoernas

References

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mango fango unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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