mangue

See also: mangué

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French manger

Noun

mangue (plural mangues)

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ɡ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From earlier manga, a loanword attested since 1553, attested in this spelling since 1604[1], from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (, mango species) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit).

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

  1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

Etymology 2

From mangouste (mongoose).[1]

Noun

mangue f (plural mangues)

  1. A carnivorous mammal related to the mongoose.

References

  1. mangue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading


Interlingue

Noun

mangue

  1. mango

Italian

Noun

mangue m (plural mangui)

  1. mangrove

Synonyms


Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish mangle.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) 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.
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