mange
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
- IPA(key): /meɪnd͡ʒ/
- enPR: mānj
- Rhymes: -eɪnd͡ʒ
Audio (Southern England) (file)
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.
Translations
skin disease
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Alemannic German
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
French
Verb
mange
- inflection of manger:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Northern Kurdish
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
mange (comparative fler or flere, indefinite superlative flest, definite superlative fleste)
References
- “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mɑŋːə/
Derived terms
Pronoun
mange
- Alternative form of mang ein
References
- “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Nupe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mã̀.ŋ̀.ɡè/
Noun
màǹgè (plural màǹgèzhì)
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”)
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