manga

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋɡə/, /ˈmæŋɡə/

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• Hyphenation: man‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, -æŋɡə

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (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.

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

1. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
   • 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. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.

   Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

• comic

• doujinshi (“independent or fan-produced manga”)

• manhua (“Chinese comic”)
• manhwa (“Korean comic”)
• komku (“Malaysian comic”)

• mangaka (manga author/artist)

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

• manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

manga (plural mangas)

1. (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

manga (plural mangas)

1. Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”).

• Magan, magna

From Latin manica.

manga f (plural mangues)

1. sleeve

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (manga), 漫 (man-, “random, uncontrolled”) + 画 (-ga, “picture, sketch”). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmaŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]

manga m (plural mangues)

1. manga (Japanese comic book)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

manga

1. (countable) manga

   De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer. ― I believe they have read far too many mangas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: man‧ga

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

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

1. manga

Borrowed from Malay mangga.

manga m (plural manga's)

1. (dated, Indonesia) mango

   Synonyms: mango, manja

2. (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica

• mangaboom

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (manga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): man‧ga

manga

1. manga

• “manga”, 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 2023-07-03

• magna

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/

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• Homophone: mangas

manga m (plural mangas)

1. a manga (comic originated in Japan)

   Hypernyms: bédé, BéDé, BD, 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…

• mangaka

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡɐ], (northwestern) [ˈmaŋkɐ]

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.

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2. (nautical) beam

• mangueira

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡɐ]

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)

   Botoulle manga á ensalada ― She added some mango to her salad.

• mangueira

Ultimately from Japanese.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡɐ]

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

manga

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

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

• IPA^(key): /maŋa/

manga

1. (Yuwaalaraay) ear

   Synonym: bina

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

manga

1. many

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (màn, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (ɣwɛ̀, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡa/
• (common) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋa/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

manga (first-person possessive mangaku, second-person possessive mangamu, third-person possessive manganya)

1. a comic originating in Japan

   Hypernym: komik

• mangaka (“manga author/artist”)
• manhwa (“manhwa, Korean comic”)

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

• “manga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画 (まんが, manga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: màn‧ga

manga m (invariable)

1. (comics) manga

• magna

manga

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Nuosu ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Eastern Min 五 (ngô, ngū).

manga

1. five

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画.

manga

1. manga

   Hyponym: komik

manga

1. stream, creek

manga

1. imperfective of a (“to eat”)

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

manga

1. to barter, chaffer

• mang n
• mangari m

• Icelandic: manga
• Swedish: många

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

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: man‧ga

manga f

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

   Hypernym: komiks

   Coordinate term: anime

2. (comics) manga (comic done in Japanese style)

   Hypernym: komiks

   Coordinate term: anime

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

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

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

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. pipe

• manguito

Borrowed from Malay mangga, via Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangueira

• → English: mango, manga (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle French: manga
  • French: mangue
• → Galician: manga
• → Hunsrik: Manga
• → Spanish: manga

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

manga m or f (plural mangas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) manga (a comic made in Japanese style)

   Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) mangá

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡa/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: man‧ga

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

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. (tennis) set

   Synonyms: set, parcial

Borrowed from Japanese.

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

manga

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

Borrowed from Portuguese manga.

manga f (plural mangas)

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

• “manga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• IPA^(key): /maŋɡa/

manga c

1. manga (artistic style)
2. a manga (comic in manga style)
3. (dated) hentai

   Synonym: hentai

4. (dated) anime

   Synonym: anime

• anime

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

• Magna

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/, [mɐˈŋa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nga

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mangá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

1. Archaic spelling of mga.

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]

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

1. (comics) A comic originating in Japan.

• “manga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

man +‎ -ga.

manga

1. cow