jungle

Etymology

1776, via Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) and Urdu جنگل‎ (jangal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəl

Noun

jungle (countable and uncountable, plural jungles)

1. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
2. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

   It’s a jungle out there.

   • Thomas Carlyle

     […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]

3. (slang) An area where hobos camp together.
4. (uncountable) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.
5. (Britain) A migrant camp.
6. (Israel, Texas, US) a desert region
7. (vulgar, slang) a hairy vulva

See also

• rainforest

Further reading

• Jungle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on Jungle (forest)
• Jungle (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jungle in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Etymology

From Jung (“boy”).

Verb

jungle

1. (Uri) to give birth to a male

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 60.

Etymology

Borrowed from English jungle, Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal), Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔnɡlə/, [ˈd̥jɔŋlə]

Noun

jungle c (singular definite junglen, plural indefinite jungler)

1. jungle

Etymology

Borrowed from English jungle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒœ̃ɡl/, (rarer, dated) /ʒɔ̃ɡl/

• Audio (France, la jungle)

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Noun

jungle f (plural jungles)

1. jungle (all senses)

Further reading

• “jungle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).