mange
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Màǹgèzhì
English
Etymology
From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.
Pronunciation
Noun
mange (usually uncountable, plural manges)
- (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
- 1621, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, The Witch of Edmonton:
- Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the—
Usage notes
- Colloquially used with an article, to have the mange.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
skin disease
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Further reading
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Verb
mange
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Danish
Pronunciation
Adjective
mange
French
Pronunciation
Verb
mange
- inflection of manger:
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Verb
mange
- to eat
Noun
mange
Northern Kurdish
Noun
mange ?
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Adjective
mange (comparative fler or flere, indefinite superlative flest, definite superlative fleste)
Determiner
mange
Derived terms
References
- “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Adjective
mange (comparative fleire, superlative flest)
Derived terms
Pronoun
mange
- Alternative form of mang ein
References
- “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Nupe
Pronunciation
Noun
màǹgè (plural màǹgèzhì)
- pitcher; pot (in particular) a clay water pot with a long neck
- Yinzàgi è lá màǹgè kpetí u bo. ― The woman is putting a clay pitcher on her head.
Derived terms
- màǹgè bàkóm̄bàgizhì (“twin shrine”)
- màǹgè bùrù (“pot with large flange”)
- màǹgègegé (“bride's pot”)
- màǹgègi (“smaller pitcher with handles”)
- màǹgègi tàdáwa (“ink pot”)
- màǹgègi yàwó (“bride's pot”)
- màǹgèta (“place for storing pots”)