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/
  • mangue(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 (mā, “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. 1 2 “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

From Spanish mangle

Noun

mangue m (plural mangues)

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

Synonyms

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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