gangue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: găng, IPA(key): /ɡæŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋ
  • Homophone: gang

Noun

gangue (countable and uncountable, plural gangues)

  1. (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
    Coordinate term: country
    • 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 147:
      Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.

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French

Etymology

A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃ɡ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

gangue f (plural gangues)

  1. (geology, mining) gangue

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English gang.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡe/

  • Hyphenation: gan‧gue

Noun

gangue (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural gangues)

  1. gang; street gang (criminal group, especially one that practices petty crime)
    Synonyms: quadrilha, bando, (well organised) facção
  2. gang (a group of friends who do things together regularly, especially mischievous children)
    Synonyms: turma, patota

Derived terms

  • ganguezinha (diminutive) (Brazil)

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