gange

See also: Gange, Gänge, and gāngē

English

Etymology

Unknown

Verb

gange (third-person singular simple present ganges, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

  1. (transitive) To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
  2. (transitive) To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

gange

  1. plural of gang

Danish

Conjunction

gange

  1. Used to show that one has to multiply one or more numbers together.
    tre gange fem er femten
    three times five is fifteen
  2. Used between two or more sizes to specify a target object, for example width and length.
    Pladen er tredive gange femten centimeter.
    The plate is thirty by fifteen centimeters.

Noun

gange

  1. indefinite plural of gang

Verb

gange (imperative gang, infinitive at gange, present tense ganger, past tense gangede, perfect tense har ganget)

  1. To multiply.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡan.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -andʒe
  • Hyphenation: gàn‧ge

Noun

gange f pl

  1. plural of gangia

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gange (present tense gjeng or gjenger, past tense gjekk or gikk, supine gjenge or gjengi, past participle gjengen, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

  1. e-infinitive form of ganga
    • 184x, M.B. Landstad, Draumkvedet (etter Maren Olsdotter Ramskeid):
      Aa Gjeddarbroi den æ vond aa inkje go aa gange
      And the Gjallarbru-bridge is evil/painfull and not good to walk on

Verb

gange (present tense gangar, past tense ganga, past participle ganga, passive infinitive gangast, present participle gangande, imperative gange/gang)

  1. e-infinitive form of ganga

Ternate

Etymology

Likely contains the same element as found in raange (three).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ŋe/

Adverb

gange

  1. three days after today, two days after tomorrow

References

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