cangue

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English

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cangue

Etymology

From French cangue, from Portuguese canga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kæŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

cangue (plural cangues)

A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.

Translations

heavy wooden collar or yoke

Chinese:
Mandarin: 枷 (zh) (jiā), 木枷 (mùjiā), 枷鎖／枷锁 (zh) (jiāsuǒ)
Finnish: häpeälauta
Japanese: 枷 (ja) (kase), 首枷 (ja) (kubikase)
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Vietnamese: gông (vi)

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cangue f (plural cangues)

cangue

Descendants

→ English: cangue

Further reading

“cangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Verb

cangue

inflection of cangar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

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