cangue

From French cangue, from Portuguese canga.

• IPA^(key): /kæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

cangue (plural cangues)

1. A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.

• uncage

Borrowed from Portuguese canga.

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cangue f (plural cangues)

1. cangue

• → English: cangue

• “cangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

cangue

1. inflection of cangar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative