manga

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See also: Manga, mangá, and många

English

A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

  1. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
    • 2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:
      English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.
    • 2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:
      Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.
    • 2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:
      Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).
  2. (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
  3. (countable, loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
    Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

Hyponyms
  • doujinshi (independent or fan-produced manga)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See also

  • anime (Japanese animation)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Spanish manga (sleeve). Doublet of manche.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

  1. (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

Etymology 3

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

  1. Obsolete form of mango (the fruit).

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangues)

  1. sleeve

Catalan

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

Noun

manga m (plural mangues)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga

  1. (countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer.I believe they have read far too many mangas.

Declension

Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

  1. (comics) manga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay mangga.

Noun

manga m (plural manga's)

  1. (dated, Indonesia) mango
    Synonyms: mango, manja
  2. (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica
Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Declension

Inflection of manga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative manga mangat
genitive mangan mangojen
partitive mangaa mangoja
illative mangaan mangoihin
singular plural
nominative manga mangat
accusative nom. manga mangat
gen. mangan
genitive mangan mangojen
mangain rare
partitive mangaa mangoja
inessive mangassa mangoissa
elative mangasta mangoista
illative mangaan mangoihin
adessive mangalla mangoilla
ablative mangalta mangoilta
allative mangalle mangoille
essive mangana mangoina
translative mangaksi mangoiksi
abessive mangatta mangoitta
instructive mangoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of manga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangani mangani
accusative nom. mangani mangani
gen. mangani
genitive mangani mangojeni
mangaini rare
partitive mangaani mangojani
inessive mangassani mangoissani
elative mangastani mangoistani
illative mangaani mangoihini
adessive mangallani mangoillani
ablative mangaltani mangoiltani
allative mangalleni mangoilleni
essive manganani mangoinani
translative mangakseni mangoikseni
abessive mangattani mangoittani
instructive
comitative mangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangasi mangasi
accusative nom. mangasi mangasi
gen. mangasi
genitive mangasi mangojesi
mangaisi rare
partitive mangaasi mangojasi
inessive mangassasi mangoissasi
elative mangastasi mangoistasi
illative mangaasi mangoihisi
adessive mangallasi mangoillasi
ablative mangaltasi mangoiltasi
allative mangallesi mangoillesi
essive manganasi mangoinasi
translative mangaksesi mangoiksesi
abessive mangattasi mangoittasi
instructive
comitative mangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangamme mangamme
accusative nom. mangamme mangamme
gen. mangamme
genitive mangamme mangojemme
mangaimme rare
partitive mangaamme mangojamme
inessive mangassamme mangoissamme
elative mangastamme mangoistamme
illative mangaamme mangoihimme
adessive mangallamme mangoillamme
ablative mangaltamme mangoiltamme
allative mangallemme mangoillemme
essive manganamme mangoinamme
translative mangaksemme mangoiksemme
abessive mangattamme mangoittamme
instructive
comitative mangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative manganne manganne
accusative nom. manganne manganne
gen. manganne
genitive manganne mangojenne
mangainne rare
partitive mangaanne mangojanne
inessive mangassanne mangoissanne
elative mangastanne mangoistanne
illative mangaanne mangoihinne
adessive mangallanne mangoillanne
ablative mangaltanne mangoiltanne
allative mangallenne mangoillenne
essive mangananne mangoinanne
translative mangaksenne mangoiksenne
abessive mangattanne mangoittanne
instructive
comitative mangoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga). Doublet of manhwa.

Pronunciation

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hypernym: bande dessinée
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
    • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:
      Hiromu Arakawa est une jeune mangaka débutante quand elle envoie son premier projet chez un éditeur. L’histoire courte deviendra FullMetal Alchemist, un des mangas les plus vendus au Japon : 12 millions d’exemplaires !
      Hiromu Arakawa was a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!
    • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:
      Osamu Tezuka est le plus grand dessinateur de manga. De 1947 à 1989, il dessine 150000 pages et crée d’innombrable séries : Astro Boy, le roi Léo, Metropolis, BlackJack, Les trois Adolf, Ayako, Phénix []
      Osamu Tezuka was the greatest manga artist. From 1947 to 1989, he drew 150,000 pages and created countless series: Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Black Jack, Message to Adolf, Ayako, Phoenix…

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese manga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin manica.

Pronunciation

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. sleeve
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:
      Et elle, quando esto oyu, empero que estaua muy mal ferido de morte, alynpou a cara cõna manga da loriga, et tomou a espada cõ ãbaslas mãos, coydandolle dar per çima da cabeça, et errouo et deulle hũu grã golpe eno caualo, atã grãde que lle cortou os narizes mesturado cõnas redeas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (nautical) beam

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (, mango species) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. mango (fruit)
    Botoulle manga á ensaladaShe added some mango to her salad.

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Etymology 4

Verb

manga

  1. inflection of mangar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Noun

manga

  1. (Yuwaalaraay) ear
    Synonym: bina

References

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Adverb

manga

  1. many

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈŋa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ma‧nga

Particle

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

  1. Alternative form of mga

Adverb

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

  1. Alternative form of mga

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈman.ɡa/
  • IPA(key): (common) /ˈma.ŋa/
  • Hyphenation: man‧ga

Noun

manga

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Coordinate terms: manhua, manhwa

Derived terms

See also

  • anime (Japanese animation)

Italian

Etymology

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From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga m (invariable)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

References

  1. ^ manga in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

manga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まんが
  2. Rōmaji transcription of マンガ

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Nuosu (nge), Sikkimese (nga), Eastern Min (ngô, ngū).

Numeral

manga

  1. five

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Noun

manga

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hyponym: komik

Maori

Noun

manga

  1. stream, creek

Nias

Verb

manga

  1. imperfective of a (to eat)

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon mangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mangōn.

Verb

manga

  1. to barter, chaffer

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • manga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

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manga

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

Noun

manga f

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hypernym: komiks
    Coordinate term: anime

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
nouns

Further reading

  • manga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche. Doublet of Mancha.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

  1. sleeve
  2. pipe
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from either Malay mangga or Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

    Noun

    manga f (plural mangas)

    1. mango (fruit)
    2. mango (tree)
      Synonym: mangueira
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

    Noun

    manga m or f (plural mangas)

    1. (chiefly Portugal) (comics) manga (comic made in Japanese)
      Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) mangá

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

    Noun

    manga f (plural mangas)

    1. sleeve
    2. (tennis) set
      Synonyms: set, parcial
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Japanese.

    Noun

    manga m (plural mangas)

    1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    manga

    1. inflection of mangar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Portuguese manga.

    Noun

    manga f (plural mangas)

    1. mango tree
    2. a type of mango (fruit)

    Further reading

    Swedish

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    Etymology

    Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    manga c

    1. (countable, uncountable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    2. (dated) hentai
      Synonym: hentai
    3. (dated) anime
      Synonym: anime

    Declension

    Declension of manga
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite manga mangas
    definite mangan mangans
    plural indefinite manga mangas
    definite mangana manganas

    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.

    Pronunciation

    Particle

    mangá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

    1. Archaic spelling of mga.

    Anagrams

    Turkish

    Etymology 1

    From Italian banco (bench, sitting row, benches where rowers would sit in ships), originally a naval term, later becoming a group or assembly of sailors (often with the additional meaning of a mess or meal assembly), started being used by the army by 20th century latest.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

    1. (military) A squad of 10 soldiers.
    2. (military) Sleeping quarters for sailors in warships.
    3. (figurative) A group of people, crowd.

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

    1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

    References

    1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “manga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

    Further reading

    • manga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

    Zazaki

    Etymology

    From man +‎ -ga.

    Noun

    manga

    1. cow