mangan

Borrowed from Japanese 満貫 (mangan), an orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 滿貫 / 满贯 (mǎnguàn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡɑːn
• Hyphenation: man‧gan

mangan (plural mangan or mangans)

1. (Japanese mahjong) A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.
   • 2015, Ritz Kobayashi, “Hand 0: Showdown” (chapter 3), in anonymous translator, Saki, volume 1, Yen Press, →ISBN, page 75:

     Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.

   • 2016, “Riichi: Rules for Japanese Mahjong, 2016 edition”, in mahjong-europe.org‎^[1], European Mahjong Association, archived from the original on 13 December 2016, Chombo (section 3.4.6), page 15:

     Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players.

   • 2016, Ch'en Huo-ch'üan, translated by Lili Selden, Special Issue on Imperial Subject Literature in Taiwan, US-Taiwan Literature Foundation, →ISBN, The Path, page 66:

     In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan.

   • 2023, Yuto Yotsuba, “Special Short Story "Kongming, the Pinch-Hitter"”, in Ryo Ogawa, transl., Ya Boy Kongming!, volume 10, Kodansha USA, →ISBN:

     By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand.

mangan

1. manganese

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: železo (Fe)

Borrowed from German Mangan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡan]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧gan

mangan m inan

1. manganese

• “mangan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mangan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: jern (Fe)

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

mangan n (singular definite manganet, not used in plural form)

1. manganese

• “mangan” in Den Danske Ordbog

Accusative singular form of mangur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛŋkan/

mangan m

1. many
   • á mangan hátt

     in many manners

From French manganèse.

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: krom (Cr)
Next: jarn (Fe)

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈkan/

mangan n (genitive singular mangans, uncountable)

1. manganese

mangan

1. genitive singular of manga

• magnan

mangan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mangar

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: króm (Cr)
Next: járn (Fe)

mangan n (genitive singular mangans, no plural)

1. manganese (chemical element)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Isnag mangan, Kapampangan mangan, Pangasinan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋan/

mangan

1. to eat

mangan

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

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦩꦔꦤ꧀
Pegon
Roman	mangan

• amangan

Affixation of nge- +‎ pangan.

mangan (ngoko mangan, krama nedha, krama inggil ndhahar)

1. to eat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan. By surface analysis, mang- +‎ kan.

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋan/ [mʌˈŋʌn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ma‧ngan

mangán

1. to eat

From mang- +‎ kan. Also from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan, Isnag mangan, Pangasinan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

• IPA^(key): /məˈŋan/ [məˈŋän]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ngan

mangan

1. to eat

mangan

1. to eat

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: kromium (Cr)
Next: besi (Fe)

Indirectly from Italian manganese, alteration of Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

• IPA^(key): [maŋɡan], [maŋɡən], [mɛŋɡən]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡan, -ɡan, -an

mangan (plural mangan-mangan)

1. manganese (chemical element)

• batu kawi

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

mangan n (definite singular manganet, uncountable)

1. manganese (chemical element, symbol Mn)

• “mangan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

mangan n (definite singular manganet, uncountable)

1. manganese (as above)

• “mangan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From mang- +‎ kan. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan, Isnag mangan, Kapampangan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ngan
• IPA^(key): /maˈŋan/, [maˈŋan]

mangán (perfective angan, imperfective mangakan)

1. to eat

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: żelazo (Fe)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡan
• Syllabification: man‧gan

mangan m inan

1. manganese, a chemical element

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

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: crom (Cr)
Next: fier (Fe)

Borrowed from German Mangan.

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧gan

mangan n (uncountable)

1. manganese (chemical element)

• “mangan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from German Mangan.

• IPA^(key): /mǎnɡaːn/
• Hyphenation: man‧gan

màngān m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нга̄н)

1. manganese

• “mangan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

mangan

1. active of pangan (“to eat”)

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 144.

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: króm (Cr)
Next: želézo (Fe)

• IPA^(key): /manɡáːn/

mangȃn m inan

1. manganese

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	mangán
genitive	mangána
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mangán
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mangána
dative (dajȃlnik)	mangánu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mangán
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mangánu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mangánom

• “mangan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

mangan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mangar

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: krom (Cr)
Next: järn (Fe)

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈɡɑːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

mangan n (uncountable)

1. manganese

mangan

1. definite singular of manga

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

mangan

1. active of pangan (“to eat”)

• Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 144.

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: crom (Cr)
Next: sắt (Fe)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːn˧˧ ɣaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: man gan

mangan

1. manganese

mangan

1. to eat