mango

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mango

Wikipedia

Wikispecies has information on:

Mangifera indica

Wikispecies

Wikispecies has information on:

Cucumis melo

Wikispecies

Wikispecies has information on:

Anthracothorax

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• manga (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), maybe via Malay mangga ultimately from Proto-Dravidian (reconstructed Proto-Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”)). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The Oxford English Dictionary says it ultimately stems from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa, “unripe mango”) (മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango tree”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”)), while the Online Etymology Dictionary points to Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, “unripe mango”) (மா (mā, “mango”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”)). The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
  • (æ-tensing) IPA^(key):

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun

mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)

1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
   • 1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146:

     On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.

2. The fruit of the mango tree.
   • 1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas Stack, Royal Society (1741), page 376:

     And I have one form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.

3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
   • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335:

     In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

4. (US, chiefly southern Midland US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
   • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222:

     Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154:

     Best mango peppers

   • 1943 August 9, Mary Adgate, “Stuffed Mangoes”, in The Lima News‎, Lima, Ohio, page 5:

     Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.

   • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:

     Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

5. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
6. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
7. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

   mango:  

8. (in the plural, slang) The breasts.

Hypernyms

• (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica): fruit tree, tree
• (fruit): fruit, stone fruit, tropical fruit

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or from Russian манго (mango))
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܢܓܘܿ (mango)
• → Asturian: mangu
• → Catalan: mango
• → Chichewa: bango
• → Czech: mango
• → Danish: mango
• → Dutch: mango
• → Esperanto: mango
• → Finnish: mango
• → Georgian: მანგო (mango)
• → German: Mango
• → Greek: μάνγκο (mángko)
• → Hebrew: מנגו (mango)
• → Hungarian: mangó
• → Irish: mangó
• → Italian: mango
• → Japanese: マンゴー (mangō)
• → Korean: 망고 (manggo)
• → Macedonian: манго (mango)
• → Norwegian: mango
• → Polish: mango
• → Romanian: mango
• → Russian: манго (mango)
  • → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or directly from English mango)
  • → Kazakh: манго (maño)
  • → Mongolian: манго (mango)
• → Slovak: mango
• → Slovene: mango
• → Spanish: mango
• → Swedish: mango
• → Turkish: mango
• → Welsh: mango

Translations

Verb

mango (third-person singular simple present mangoes, present participle mangoing, simple past and past participle mangoed)

1. (uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
   • 1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444:

     Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.

   • 1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art:

     In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.

   • 2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66:

     For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.

Translations

References

• (bell peppers): The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, among, ang mo, goman, ngoma

Afar

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡo/,
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mangó f 

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (plant)
3. mango juice

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Antillean Creole

Noun

mango

1. mango

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish mango.

Noun

mango (inanimate)

1. (Amecameca) Mango

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵑɡó/

Noun

mangó class 6

1. mango (fruit)
2. plural of bango

Synonyms

• bango

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mango n

1. mango (the fruit of the mango tree)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• mango in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mango in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

mango

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

1. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango

   Synonyms: manga, manja

2. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• mangoboom

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

mango

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango (accusative singular mangon, plural mangoj, accusative plural mangojn)

1. mango

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋːo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): man‧go

Etymology 1

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Noun

mango

1. mango (fruit)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mango”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From French mangue.

Noun

mango (dated)

1. Synonym of kusimanse (“common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus”).

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mango (13th century, Alfonso X), from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese mango, Spanish mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. grip, handgrip, handle

   Synonyms: anga, asa

2. hilt

   Synonym: puño

3. handle, shaft

   Synonym: cabo

Derived terms

• desmangar
• mangar

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

References

• “mango” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mango” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mango” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mango” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mango” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mangue (“mango”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mãɡo/

Noun

mango

1. mango

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋɔʔ/

Noun

mangô

1. (derogatory) idiot

Adjective

mangô

1. stupid, foolish

Usage notes

• The word can sound friendly and affectionate between close people.

See also

• banihut sutil
• lipaton
• manul

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡo/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: màn‧go

Noun

mango m (plural manghi)

1. mango

Anagrams

• Magno, gnoma, magno, magnò

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; but perhaps an agent noun related to Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “enchant, use charms”) and secondarily “trick out, dress artificially”, from the noun μάγγανον (mánganon, “philtre, charm, means for bewitching others”). Buck suggests that Latin mangō is a loanword based (ultimately or otherwise) on the Greek noun.

Alternatively, derived from manus (“hand”) via an unattested verb such as *manicō or *manigō (“handle, manage; trade, deal?”) (both requiring an unusual syncope of the verb suffix, the former also requiring an unusual voicing of /k/) +‎ -ō (agent noun suffix). This would make it related to manceps (“purchaser; contractor”) and mancipium (“property, slave”), whence perhaps the sense of “slave-trader”. The semantic trajectory would be similar to that of German handeln (“to handle; to trade, deal”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡoː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡo/,

Noun

mangō m (genitive mangōnis); third declension

1. dealer, monger in slaves or wares (to which he tries to give an appearance of greater value by adorning them)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mangōnicō
• mangōnicus
• mangōnium
• mangōnizō

Descendants

• →⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *mangārī (see there for further descendants)

References

• "mango", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "mango", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mango in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "mango", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

 mango on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

Via other European languages, see etymology at English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mango m (invariable)

1. tree of the genus Mangifera with aromatic, sweet fruits

   Mango ir viens no tropu svarīgākajiem augļu kokiem. ― The mango is one of the most important tropical fruit trees.

2. mango fruit (the fruit of this tree)

   Mango ir tropu koku augļi. ― The mango is a tropical tree fruit.

   Mēs pasūtām mango sulu ar ledu. ― We ordered mango juice with ice.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɔ
• Syllabification: man‧go

Noun

mango n (indeclinable)

1. mango (fruit and tree)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mango m (plural mango)

1. mango

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: man‧go

Etymology 1

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
   • 2011, Estándar de milady: barbero profesional, 5th edition, Milady, page 353:

     Sostenga el mango de la navaja entre los dedos anular y meñique, […]

     Hold the razor’s handle between your ring finger and little finger,

Derived terms

See also

• asa
• manija
• manivela

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango (fruit and tree)
2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Lunfardo, colloquial) cash, dough (money)
   • 1930, “Yira, Yira”, Enrique Santos Discépolo (lyrics), performed by Carlos Gardel:

     Buscando ese mango / Que te haga morfar...

     Looking for that money / That lets you eat...

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mönco
• → Ye'kwana: manku

Etymology 3

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Further reading

• “mango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• mango on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

mango (n class, plural mango)

1. solid

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

mango

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡʊ/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡʊ

Noun

mango c

1. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangoträd

2. mango (fruit)

Declension

References

• mango in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mango in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mango in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• mogna

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

mango

1. (stative) to be sharp

Conjugation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡɔ/

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation