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English

Mangoes (fruit)
black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (unripe mango), a compound of *mām (mango tree) + *kāy (unripe fruit).[1] First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s.[2][3] The Oxford English Dictionary says it ultimately stems from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa, unripe mango) (മാവ് (māvŭ, mango tree) + കായ (kāya, unripe fruit)),[3] while the Online Etymology Dictionary points to Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, unripe mango) (மா (, mango) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit)).[2] The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.[3]

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 526, 530.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mango”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 mango, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021.

Anagrams

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

Noun

mangó class 6

  1. mango (fruit)
  2. plural of bango

Synonyms

Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango

Mutation

Mutation of mango
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
mango vango unchanged unchanged fango vango

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mango n

  1. mango (the fruit of the mango tree)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mango”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • mango”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • mango”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡoː/
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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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. mango

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mango

  1. mango (fruit)
Declension
Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mango mangot
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
illative mangoon mangoihin
singular plural
nominative mango mangot
accusative nom. mango mangot
gen. mangon
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
inessive mangossa mangoissa
elative mangosta mangoista
illative mangoon mangoihin
adessive mangolla mangoilla
ablative mangolta mangoilta
allative mangolle mangoille
essive mangona mangoina
translative mangoksi mangoiksi
abessive mangotta mangoitta
instructive mangoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangoni mangoni
accusative nom. mangoni mangoni
gen. mangoni
genitive mangoni mangojeni
partitive mangoani mangojani
inessive mangossani mangoissani
elative mangostani mangoistani
illative mangooni mangoihini
adessive mangollani mangoillani
ablative mangoltani mangoiltani
allative mangolleni mangoilleni
essive mangonani mangoinani
translative mangokseni mangoikseni
abessive mangottani mangoittani
instructive
comitative mangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangosi mangosi
accusative nom. mangosi mangosi
gen. mangosi
genitive mangosi mangojesi
partitive mangoasi mangojasi
inessive mangossasi mangoissasi
elative mangostasi mangoistasi
illative mangoosi mangoihisi
adessive mangollasi mangoillasi
ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi
allative mangollesi mangoillesi
essive mangonasi mangoinasi
translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi
abessive mangottasi mangoittasi
instructive
comitative mangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangomme mangomme
accusative nom. mangomme mangomme
gen. mangomme
genitive mangomme mangojemme
partitive mangoamme mangojamme
inessive mangossamme mangoissamme
elative mangostamme mangoistamme
illative mangoomme mangoihimme
adessive mangollamme mangoillamme
ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme
allative mangollemme mangoillemme
essive mangonamme mangoinamme
translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme
abessive mangottamme mangoittamme
instructive
comitative mangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangonne mangonne
accusative nom. mangonne mangonne
gen. mangonne
genitive mangonne mangojenne
partitive mangoanne mangojanne
inessive mangossanne mangoissanne
elative mangostanne mangoistanne
illative mangoonne mangoihinne
adessive mangollanne mangoillanne
ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne
allative mangollenne mangoillenne
essive mangonanne mangoinanne
translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne
abessive mangottanne mangoittanne
instructive
comitative mangoinenne
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

From French mangue.

Noun

mango (dated)

  1. Synonym of kusimanse (common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus).
Declension
Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mango mangot
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
illative mangoon mangoihin
singular plural
nominative mango mangot
accusative nom. mango mangot
gen. mangon
genitive mangon mangojen
partitive mangoa mangoja
inessive mangossa mangoissa
elative mangosta mangoista
illative mangoon mangoihin
adessive mangolla mangoilla
ablative mangolta mangoilta
allative mangolle mangoille
essive mangona mangoina
translative mangoksi mangoiksi
abessive mangotta mangoitta
instructive mangoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangoni mangoni
accusative nom. mangoni mangoni
gen. mangoni
genitive mangoni mangojeni
partitive mangoani mangojani
inessive mangossani mangoissani
elative mangostani mangoistani
illative mangooni mangoihini
adessive mangollani mangoillani
ablative mangoltani mangoiltani
allative mangolleni mangoilleni
essive mangonani mangoinani
translative mangokseni mangoikseni
abessive mangottani mangoittani
instructive
comitative mangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangosi mangosi
accusative nom. mangosi mangosi
gen. mangosi
genitive mangosi mangojesi
partitive mangoasi mangojasi
inessive mangossasi mangoissasi
elative mangostasi mangoistasi
illative mangoosi mangoihisi
adessive mangollasi mangoillasi
ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi
allative mangollesi mangoillesi
essive mangonasi mangoinasi
translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi
abessive mangottasi mangoittasi
instructive
comitative mangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangomme mangomme
accusative nom. mangomme mangomme
gen. mangomme
genitive mangomme mangojemme
partitive mangoamme mangojamme
inessive mangossamme mangoissamme
elative mangostamme mangoistamme
illative mangoomme mangoihimme
adessive mangollamme mangoillamme
ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme
allative mangollemme mangoillemme
essive mangonamme mangoinamme
translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme
abessive mangottamme mangoittamme
instructive
comitative mangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangonne mangonne
accusative nom. mangonne mangonne
gen. mangonne
genitive mangonne mangojenne
partitive mangoanne mangojanne
inessive mangossanne mangoissanne
elative mangostanne mangoistanne
illative mangoonne mangoihinne
adessive mangollanne mangoillanne
ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne
allative mangollenne mangoillenne
essive mangonanne mangoinanne
translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne
abessive mangottanne mangoittanne
instructive
comitative mangoinenne

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

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. grip, handgrip, handle
    Synonyms: anga, asa
  2. hilt
    Synonym: puño
  3. handle, shaft
    Synonym: cabo

Derived terms

Verb

mango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mangue (mango).

Pronunciation

Noun

mango

  1. mango

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

Noun

mangô

  1. (derogatory) idiot

Adjective

mangô

  1. stupid, foolish

Usage notes

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

See also

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mango m (plural manghi)

  1. mango

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; but perhaps an agent noun related to Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, enchant, use charms) and secondarily trick out, dress artificially,[1][2] 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.[3]

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/) +‎ (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

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

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
  1. ^ Bodel, John. 2005. Caveat emptor: Towards a study of Roman slave-traders. Journal of Roman Archaeology 18. 192.
  2. ^ Wilkins, A.S. (1896) “A proposito dell’origine della parola mango vedi”, in Q. Horati Flacci Opera, London, New York: MacMillan, page 136
  3. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1949, 1988 reprint) A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, Chicago: University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 820:
    ON manga, OE mangian, ME mange, OS mangōn, fr. Lat. mangō ‘dealer, monger’ (who adorns his wares to give them an appearance of greater value), beside mangōnium ‘displaying of wares’, prob. loanwords based on Grk. μάγγανον ‘means of charming or bewitching’. Walde-P. 2.233. Ernout-M. 588. Walde-H. 2.28 f. NED s.v. mong, vb.1.

Latvian

 mango on Latvian Wikipedia
Mango (1)
Mango (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, see etymology at English mango.

Pronunciation

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

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mango sense 1
mango sense 2

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mango.

Noun

mango n (indeclinable, related adjective mangowy)

  1. mango (any plant of the genus Mangifera)
    Synonyms: magnusodrzew, mangowiec
  2. mango (fruit of this plant)
Derived terms
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mango f

  1. vocative singular of manga

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mango m (plural mango)

  1. mango

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mango mangoul mango mangoi
genitive-dative mango mangoului mango mangolor
vocative mangoule mangolor

Spanish

un mango de espada

Pronunciation

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

un mango

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango (fruit and tree)
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay, Lunfardo, colloquial) cash, dough (money)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Verb

mango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Further reading

Swahili

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Pronunciation

Noun

mango class IX (plural mango class X)

  1. solid

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mango c

  1. mango (tree)
    Synonym: mangoträd
  2. mango (fruit)

Declension

References

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

mango

  1. (stative) to be sharp

Conjugation

Conjugation of mango
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tomango fomango mimango
2nd nomango nimango
3rd Masculine omango imango, yomango
Feminine momango
Neuter imango
- archaic

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

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

  1. mango

Mutation

Mutated forms of mango
radical soft nasal aspirate
mango fango unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.