mangue

Wikispecies

From French manger.

mangue (plural mangues)

1. The kusimanse, a genus of mongoose, Crossarchus.

• mueang

mangue

1. I
2. me

• “mangue” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 60.
• “mangue” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
• “mangue” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ɡ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: mangues

From earlier manga, a loanword attested since 1553, attested in this spelling since 1604,^[1] from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, from மா (mā, “mango species”) +‎ காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”)).

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

• manguier

From mangouste (“mongoose”).^[1]

mangue f (plural mangues)

1. a carnivorous mammal related to the mongoose

• mangouste

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

mangue

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

mangue m (plural mangui)

1. mangrove

   Synonym: mangrovia

• emunga

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɡi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃ɡɨ
• Hyphenation: man‧gue

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish mangle.

mangue m (plural mangues)

1. mangrove (tropical habitat of trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water)

   Synonyms: manguezal, mangal

   • 2017, “Intro” (0:33 from the start), in Esú, performed by Baco Exu do Blues ft. KL Jay, Salvador: 999:

     Somos argila do divino mangue / Suor e sangue / Carne e agonia / Sangue quente, noite fria

     We're the clay of the divine mangrove / Sweat and blood / Flesh and agony / Hot blood, cold night

2. mangrove (any of several trees that grow in such habitats)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mangue

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

• “mangue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mangue”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mangue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “mangue”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

mangue

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