mange

See also: Mange and mangé

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
  • (file)

Noun

mange (usually uncountable, plural manges)

  1. (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
    Synonym: (in horses, obsolete) leprosy
    Coordinate term: (in humans) scabies

Usage notes

  • Colloquially used with an article, to have the mange.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Verb

mange

  1. (Uri, auxiliary) should
  2. (Uri) to be in need of something

References

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑŋə]
  • (file)

Adjective

mange

  1. plural of mangen

French

Pronunciation

Verb

mange

  1. inflection of manger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French manger.

Verb

mange

  1. to eat

Noun

mange

  1. food

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mange ?

  1. cow

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Adjective

mange (comparative fler or flere, indefinite superlative flest, definite superlative fleste)

  1. many

Determiner

mange

  1. plural of mang en

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɑŋːə/

Adjective

mange (comparative fleire, superlative flest)

  1. many

Derived terms

Pronoun

mange

  1. Alternative form of mang ein

References

Nupe

Màǹgèzhì

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mã̀.ŋ̀.ɡè/

Noun

màǹgè (plural màǹgèzhì)

  1. pitcher; pot (in particular) a clay water pot with a long neck
    Yinzàgi è lá màǹgè kpetí u bo.The woman is putting a clay pitcher on her head.

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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