mangue

See also: mangué

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French manger

Noun

mangue (plural mangues)

1. The kusimanse, a genus of mongoose, Crossarchus.

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ɡ/

• mangue:

  (file)

• Homophone: mangues

Etymology 1

From earlier manga, a loanword attested since 1553, attested in this spelling since 1604, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese manga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay mangga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

Related terms

• manguier

Etymology 2

From mangouste (“mongoose”).

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. A carnivorous mammal related to the mongoose.

Related terms

• mangouste

Further reading

• “mangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

Interlingue

Noun

1. mango

---

Italian

Noun

mangue m (plural mangui)

1. mangrove

   Synonym: mangrovia

---

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish mangle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡi/

Noun

mangue m (plural mangues)

1. mangrove (tropical habitat of trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water)

   Synonyms: manguezal, mangal

2. mangrove (any of several trees that grow in such habitats)

---

Spanish

Verb

mangue

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mangar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mangar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mangar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mangar.