mango

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mango"

English

WOTD – 15 December 2012

Mangoes (fruit)

black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)

Alternative forms

• manga (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *mā

Proto-South Dravidian *m

Proto-South Dravidian *mām

Malayalam മാം (māṁ)

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Malayalam കായ (kāya)

Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)

Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.

Portuguese mangabor.

English mango

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
  • (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ

Noun

mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)

1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
   • 1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146:

     On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.

3. The fruit of the mango tree.
   • 1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas Stack, Royal Society (1741), page 376:

     And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.

4. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
   • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335:

     In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

5. (US, chiefly southern Midland US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
   • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222:

     Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154:

     Best mango peppers

   • 1943 August 9, Mary Adgate, “Stuffed Mangoes”, in The Lima News‎^[2], Lima, Ohio, page 5:

     Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.

   • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:

     Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

6. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
7. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
8. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

   mango:  

9. (in the plural, slang) The breasts.

Hypernyms

• (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica): fruit tree, tree
• (fruit): fruit, stone fruit, tropical fruit

Derived terms

• African mango (Irvingia gabonensis)
• Alphonso mango
• apple mango
• bandango
• black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
• bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis)
• hapus mango
• hillbilly mango
• mangoade
• mango bird
• mango-bird
• mangoey
• mango fish
• mango fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
• mango ginger
• mangolike
• mango melon
• Mango Mussolini
• mangonada
• mangophile
• mango pudding
• mangorita
• mango roll
• mango shower
• mango squash
• mango tilapia
• mangotini
• mangotoxin
• mango trick
• mango weevil
• mango worm (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
• Milton mango
• wild mango (Irvingia gabonensis)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or from Russian манго (mango))
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܢܓܘܿ (mango)
• → Asturian: mangu
• → Catalan: mango
• → Chichewa: bango
• → Czech: mango
• → Danish: mango
• → Dutch: mango
• → Esperanto: mango
• → Finnish: mango
• → Georgian: მანგო (mango)
• → German: Mango
• → Greek: μάνγκο (mángko)
• → Hebrew: מנגו (mango)
• → Hungarian: mangó
• → Irish: mangó
• → Italian: mango
• → Japanese: マンゴー (mangō)
• → Korean: 망고 (manggo)
• → Macedonian: манго (mango)
• → Norwegian: mango
• → Polish: mango
• → Romanian: mango
• → Russian: манго (mango)
  • → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or directly from English mango)
  • → Kazakh: манго (maño)
  • → Mongolian: манго (mango)
• → Slovak: mango
• → Slovene: mango
• → Spanish: mango
• → Swedish: mango
• → Turkish: mango
• → Welsh: mango

Translations

tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica

• Antillean Creole: pyé mango
• Arabic: مَنْجُو m (mangū), مَنْجُو m (manjū), مَنْجَا f (mangā), مَنْجَا f (manjā), مَانْجُو m (mangō)

  Egyptian Arabic: منجة f (manga)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَنْقة f (manga), مَنْقا f (manga)

  Moroccan Arabic: منݣة (manga)

• Assamese: আমগছ (amgos)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܢܓܘܿ m (mangō)
• Asturian: mangu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: انبه (ənbə, əmbə), منگو (mangō)

  Roman: manqo (az)

• Balinese: poh
• Bengali: আম গাছ (am gach)
• Bhojpuri: आम (ām)
• Burmese: သရက်ပင် (sa.rakpang)
• Catalan: mango (ca) m
• Chagatai: اَنْبَه (ænbæ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芒果樹 / 芒果树 (mángguǒshù)

• Czech: mangovník m
• Dutch: mangoboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: mangujo (eo)
• Fijian: maqo (fj)
• Finnish: mangopuu (fi)
• French: manguier (fr) m
• Galician: mangueira (gl) f, manga (gl) f
• German: Mangobaum (de) m
• Gujarati: આંબ m (ā̃ba), આંબો m (ā̃bo)
• Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) m (mángo)
• Hiligaynon: mangga
• Hindi: आम (hi) m (ām)
• Hunsrik: Mangabaam m
• Ido: mangiero (io)
• Indonesian: pohon mangga
• Interlingua: mangiero
• Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō)
• Javanese: pelem (jv)
• Khmer: ស្វាយ (km) (svaay)
• Kikuyu: mũembe class 3
• Korean: 망고 (ko) (manggo)
• Latin: aniba (la)
• Latvian: mango (lv) m
• Macedonian: манго n (mango)
• Malagasy: anaran-kazo (mg)
• Malay: pokok mangga, pokok pauh
• Malayalam: മാവ് (ml) (māvŭ)
• Maltese: mango m, mango
• Marathi: आंबा m (āmbā)
• Nahuatl:

  Tetelcingo: möncocuabi̱tl

• Ngazidja Comorian: muyemɓe class 3/4
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mangotre n

  Nynorsk: mangotre n

• Ottoman Turkish: هند كیرازی (hind kirezi)
• Persian: انبه (fa) (anbe)
• Polish: mango (pl) n
• Portuguese: mangueira (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਅੰਬ (pa) m (amba)

  Shahmukhi: اَمْب m (amb)

• Russian: ма́нго (ru) n (mángo)
• Sanskrit: आम्र (sa) m (āmra)
• Spanish: árbol de mango m
• Swahili: mwembe (sw)
• Swedish: mango (sv), mangoträd n
• Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
• Tagalog: puno ng mangga, mangga (tl)
• Tamil: மாமரம் (ta) (māmaram)
• Telugu: మామిడి (te) (māmiḍi)
• Tetum: haas-hun
• Thai: มะม่วง (th) (má-mûuang), ต้นมะม่วง (dtôn má-mûang)
• Turkish: mango (tr), hint kirazı
• Ukrainian: ма́нго (uk) n (mánho), ма́нґо n (mángo)
• Urdu: آم (ur) m (ām)
• Uyghur: مانگو (man'go)
• Vietnamese: xoài (vi)
• Welsh: mango m
• Yiddish: מאַנגאָ m (mango)
• Zyphe: hee

fruit

• Acehnese: mamplam
• Afrikaans: mango (af), veselperske (af)
• Albanian: mango
• Amharic: ማንጎ (mango)
• Antillean Creole: mango
• Arabic: مَنْجُو m (mangū), مَنْجُو m (manjū), مَنْجَا f (mangā), مَنْجَا f (manjā)

  Egyptian Arabic: منجة f (manga)

  Moroccan Arabic: منݣة (manga)

• Armenian: մանգո (hy) (mango)

  Middle Armenian: ամպաճ (ampač)

• Assamese: আম (am)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܢܓܘܿ m (mangō)
• Asturian: mangu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: انبه (ənbə, əmbə), منگو (mangō)

  Roman: manqo (az)

• Baluchi: انب (anb), امب (amb)
• Basque: kirten, helduleku
• Belarusian: ма́нга n (mánha)
• Bengali: আম (bn) (am)
• Bhojpuri: आम (ām)
• Breton: mangezenn (br) f
• Brunei Malay: mangga
• Bulgarian: ма́нго n (mángo)
• Burmese: သရက်သီး (sa.raksi:)
• Catalan: mango (ca) m
• Central Dusun: mangga
• Chagatai: اَنْبَه (ænbæ)
• Chakma: 𑄃𑄟𑄴 (ām)
• Chichewa: mango, bango
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芒果 (yue) (mong¹ gwo²)

  Hakka: 番檨 (fân-son)

  Hokkien: 檨仔 (zh-min-nan) (soān-á, soǎiⁿ-á, sōaiⁿ-á, soāiⁿ--á, soān--á)

  Mandarin: 芒果 (zh) (mángguǒ)

• Cornish: mango m
• Czech: mango (cs) n
• Danish: mango (da)
• Dhivehi: އަނބު (aᵐbu)
• Dutch: mango (nl) m, manja
• Dzongkha: ཨམ་ཅུ་ཀུ་ལི (am cu ku li)
• Eastern Lawa: แป (pae)
• East Frisian Low Saxon: mangoo ?
• Esperanto: mango (eo)
• Estonian: mango (et)
• Fijian: maqo (fj)
• Finnish: mango (fi)
• French: mangue (fr) f
• Galician: manga (gl) f
• Georgian: მანგო (ka) (mango)
• German: Mango (de) f
• Greek: μάνγκο (el) n (mángko)
• Gujarati: કેરી f (kerī),
• Hawaiian: manakо̄
• Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) m (mángo)
• Hiligaynon: mangga, paho
• Hindi: आम (hi) m (ām)
• Hungarian: mangó (hu)
• Hunsrik: Manga f
• Icelandic: mangó (is) n
• Ido: mango (io)
• Indonesian: buah mangga (id), mangga (id)
• Interlingua: mango
• Irish: mangó
• Italian: mango (it) m
• Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō)
• Kanakanabu: maangasʉ
• Kannada: ಮಾವು (kn) (māvu)
• Kashmiri: اَمب (amb)
• Kazakh: манго (maño)
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūpūa-īuh
• Khmer: ស្វាយ (km) (svaay)
• Kikuyu: iembe class 5
• Konkani: आम्बो (āmbo) or āmbô
• Korean: 망고 (ko) (manggo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mango (ku)

• Kyrgyz: манго (ky) (mango)
• Lao: ສະວາຍ (sa wāi), ຫມາກມ່ວງ (māk mūang)
• Latvian: mango (lv)
• Lutuv: ahe
• Lindu: morowe
• Lithuanian: mango
• Macedonian: манго n (mango)
• Malay: mangga (ms), pauh (ms), mempelam
• Malayalam: മാങ്ങ (ml) (māṅṅa)
• Maltese: siġra tal-mango
• Maori: mango (mi)
• Marathi: आंबा m (āmbā)
• Mongolian: манго (mn) (mango)
• Nahuatl:

  Tetelcingo: mönco

• Navajo: Naakaii bichʼil łitsxooí
• Nepali: आम (ām)
• Ngazidja Comorian: yemɓe class 9/10
• North Frisian: Mangoo m or f (Sylt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mango m

  Nynorsk: mango m

• Nubi: yembe
• Odia: ଆମ୍ବ (āmba)
• Ottoman Turkish: هند كیرازی (hind kirezi)
• Persian: انبه (fa) (anbe)
• Polish: mango (pl) n
• Portuguese: manga (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਅੰਬ (pa) m (amba)

  Shahmukhi: اَمْب m (amb)

• Rohingya: amm
• Romanian: mango (ro) n
• Russian: ма́нго (ru) n (mángo)
• Sanskrit: आम्र (sa) m (āmra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̏нго n

  Roman: mȁngo (sh) n

• Sindhi: انب (sd)
• Sinhalese: අඹ (si) (aᵐba)
• Slovak: mango (sk) n
• Slovene: mango n
• Spanish: mango (es) m, (Eastern Bolivia) manga (es) f, (Puerto Rico) mangó (es) m
• Swahili: embe (sw)
• Swedish: mango (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
• Tagalog: mangga (tl)
• Tajik: анбаҳ (anbah)
• Tamil: மாங்காய் (ta) (māṅkāy) (unripe), மாம்பழம் (ta) (māmpaḻam) (ripe), மா (ta) (mā) (generic)
• Tausug: mangga
• Telugu: మామిడిపండు (te) (māmiḍipaṇḍu)
• Tetum: haas, haas-fuan
• Thai: มะม่วง (th) (má-mûuang)
• Tibetan: ཨམ (am)
• Tigrinya: ማንጉስ (mangus)
• Tocharian B: āmpär
• Turkish: mango (tr)
• Turkmen: mango
• Ukrainian: ма́нго (uk) n (mánho), ма́нґо n (mángo)
• Urdu: آم (ur) m (ām)
• Uyghur: مانگو (man'go)
• Uzbek: mango (uz), anbah
• Vietnamese: xoài (vi), quả xoài, trái xoài
• Welsh: mango m
• Western Lawa: แป (pae)
• Western Panjabi: امب (pnb), انبى
• Yakan: mangga
• Yiddish: מאַנגאָ (mango)
• Zhuang: makmanghgoj

mangoed vegetable

green bell pepper

• Finnish: vihreä paprika

variety of Cucumis melo

hummingbird of the genus Anthracothorax

• Finnish: hohtokolibri
• French: mango (fr) m

Verb

mango (third-person singular simple present mangoes, present participle mangoing, simple past and past participle mangoed)

1. (uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
   • 1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444:

     Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.

   • 1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art:

     In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.

   • 2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66:

     For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.

Translations

remove the innards of, fill, and pickle (a fruit)

References

• (bell peppers): The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, among, ang mo, goman, ngoma

Afar

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡo/ [mʌŋˈɡɔ]
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mangó f 

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (plant)
3. mango juice

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Antillean Creole

Noun

mango

1. mango

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish mango.

Noun

mango (inanimate)

1. (Amecameca) Mango

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵑɡó/

Noun

mangó class 6

1. mango (fruit)
2. plural of bango

Synonyms

• bango

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡɔ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmæŋɡɔ]

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation

Mutation of mango

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
mango	vango	unchanged	unchanged	fango	vango

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡo]

• Audio:

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Noun

mango n

1. mango (the fruit of the mango tree)

Declension

Declension of mango (velar neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	mango	manga
genitive	manga	mang
dative	mangu	mangům
accusative	mango	manga
vocative	mango	manga
locative	mangu	mangách
instrumental	mangem	mangy

Derived terms

• mangovník
• mangový

Further reading

• “mango”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mango”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mango”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

1. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango

   Synonyms: manga, manja

2. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• mangoboom

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango (accusative singular mangon, plural mangoj, accusative plural mangojn)

1. mango

Derived terms

• mangarbo
• mangifero
• mangujo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋːo/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): man‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): man‧go

Etymology 1

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Noun

mango

1. mango (fruit)

Declension

Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mango	mangot
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mango	mangot
accusative	nom.	mango	mangot
	gen.	mangon
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
inessive		mangossa	mangoissa
elative		mangosta	mangoista
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
adessive		mangolla	mangoilla
ablative		mangolta	mangoilta
allative		mangolle	mangoille
essive		mangona	mangoina
translative		mangoksi	mangoiksi
abessive		mangotta	mangoitta
instructive		—	mangoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangoni mangoni accusative nom. mangoni mangoni gen. mangoni genitive mangoni mangojeni partitive mangoani mangojani inessive mangossani mangoissani elative mangostani mangoistani illative mangooni mangoihini adessive mangollani mangoillani ablative mangoltani mangoiltani allative mangolleni mangoilleni essive mangonani mangoinani translative mangokseni mangoikseni abessive mangottani mangoittani instructive — — comitative — mangoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangosi mangosi accusative nom. mangosi mangosi gen. mangosi genitive mangosi mangojesi partitive mangoasi mangojasi inessive mangossasi mangoissasi elative mangostasi mangoistasi illative mangoosi mangoihisi adessive mangollasi mangoillasi ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi allative mangollesi mangoillesi essive mangonasi mangoinasi translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi abessive mangottasi mangoittasi instructive — — comitative — mangoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangomme mangomme accusative nom. mangomme mangomme gen. mangomme genitive mangomme mangojemme partitive mangoamme mangojamme inessive mangossamme mangoissamme elative mangostamme mangoistamme illative mangoomme mangoihimme adessive mangollamme mangoillamme ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme allative mangollemme mangoillemme essive mangonamme mangoinamme translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme abessive mangottamme mangoittamme instructive — — comitative — mangoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangonne mangonne accusative nom. mangonne mangonne gen. mangonne genitive mangonne mangojenne partitive mangoanne mangojanne inessive mangossanne mangoissanne elative mangostanne mangoistanne illative mangoonne mangoihinne adessive mangollanne mangoillanne ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne allative mangollenne mangoillenne essive mangonanne mangoinanne translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne abessive mangottanne mangoittanne instructive — — comitative — mangoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mangonsa mangonsa accusative nom. mangonsa mangonsa gen. mangonsa genitive mangonsa mangojensa partitive mangoaan mangoansa mangojaan mangojansa inessive mangossaan mangossansa mangoissaan mangoissansa elative mangostaan mangostansa mangoistaan mangoistansa illative mangoonsa mangoihinsa adessive mangollaan mangollansa mangoillaan mangoillansa ablative mangoltaan mangoltansa mangoiltaan mangoiltansa allative mangolleen mangollensa mangoilleen mangoillensa essive mangonaan mangonansa mangoinaan mangoinansa translative mangokseen mangoksensa mangoikseen mangoiksensa abessive mangottaan mangottansa mangoittaan mangoittansa instructive — — comitative — mangoineen mangoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• mangolassi
• mangomehu
• mangopuu
• mangosose

Further reading

• “mango”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

From French mangue.

Noun

mango (dated)

1. synonym of kusimanse (“common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus”).

Declension

Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mango	mangot
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mango	mangot
accusative	nom.	mango	mangot
	gen.	mangon
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
inessive		mangossa	mangoissa
elative		mangosta	mangoista
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
adessive		mangolla	mangoilla
ablative		mangolta	mangoilta
allative		mangolle	mangoille
essive		mangona	mangoina
translative		mangoksi	mangoiksi
abessive		mangotta	mangoitta
instructive		—	mangoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangoni mangoni accusative nom. mangoni mangoni gen. mangoni genitive mangoni mangojeni partitive mangoani mangojani inessive mangossani mangoissani elative mangostani mangoistani illative mangooni mangoihini adessive mangollani mangoillani ablative mangoltani mangoiltani allative mangolleni mangoilleni essive mangonani mangoinani translative mangokseni mangoikseni abessive mangottani mangoittani instructive — — comitative — mangoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangosi mangosi accusative nom. mangosi mangosi gen. mangosi genitive mangosi mangojesi partitive mangoasi mangojasi inessive mangossasi mangoissasi elative mangostasi mangoistasi illative mangoosi mangoihisi adessive mangollasi mangoillasi ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi allative mangollesi mangoillesi essive mangonasi mangoinasi translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi abessive mangottasi mangoittasi instructive — — comitative — mangoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangomme mangomme accusative nom. mangomme mangomme gen. mangomme genitive mangomme mangojemme partitive mangoamme mangojamme inessive mangossamme mangoissamme elative mangostamme mangoistamme illative mangoomme mangoihimme adessive mangollamme mangoillamme ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme allative mangollemme mangoillemme essive mangonamme mangoinamme translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme abessive mangottamme mangoittamme instructive — — comitative — mangoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangonne mangonne accusative nom. mangonne mangonne gen. mangonne genitive mangonne mangojenne partitive mangoanne mangojanne inessive mangossanne mangoissanne elative mangostanne mangoistanne illative mangoonne mangoihinne adessive mangollanne mangoillanne ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne allative mangollenne mangoillenne essive mangonanne mangoinanne translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne abessive mangottanne mangoittanne instructive — — comitative — mangoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mangonsa mangonsa accusative nom. mangonsa mangonsa gen. mangonsa genitive mangonsa mangojensa partitive mangoaan mangoansa mangojaan mangojansa inessive mangossaan mangossansa mangoissaan mangoissansa elative mangostaan mangostansa mangoistaan mangoistansa illative mangoonsa mangoihinsa adessive mangollaan mangollansa mangoillaan mangoillansa ablative mangoltaan mangoltansa mangoiltaan mangoiltansa allative mangolleen mangollensa mangoilleen mangoillensa essive mangonaan mangonansa mangoinaan mangoinansa translative mangokseen mangoksensa mangoikseen mangoiksensa abessive mangottaan mangottansa mangoittaan mangoittansa instructive — — comitative — mangoineen mangoinensa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mango (13th century, Alfonso X), from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese mango, Spanish mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡʊ]

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. grip, handgrip, handle

   Synonyms: anga, asa

2. hilt

   Synonym: puño

3. handle, shaft

   Synonym: cabo

Derived terms

• desmangar
• mangar

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mango”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mango”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mango”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mango”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mango”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mangue (“mango”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mãɡo/

Noun

mango

1. mango

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋɔʔ/

Noun

mangô

1. (derogatory) idiot

Adjective

mangô

1. stupid, foolish

Usage notes

• The word can sound friendly and affectionate between close people.

See also

• banihut sutil
• lipaton
• manul

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: màn‧go

Noun

mango m (plural manghi)

1. mango

Anagrams

• Magno, gnoma, magno, magnò

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; but perhaps an agent noun related to Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “enchant, use charms”) and secondarily “trick out, dress artificially”, from the noun μάγγανον (mánganon, “philtre, charm, means for bewitching others”). Buck suggests that Latin mangō is a loanword based (ultimately or otherwise) on the Greek noun.

Alternatively, derived from manus (“hand”) via an unattested verb such as *manicō or *manigō (“handle, manage; trade, deal?”) (both requiring an unusual syncope of the verb suffix, the former also requiring an unusual voicing of /k/) +‎ -ō (agent noun suffix). This would make it related to manceps (“purchaser; contractor”) and mancipium (“property, slave”), whence perhaps the sense of “slave-trader”. The semantic trajectory would be similar to that of German handeln (“to handle; to trade, deal”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡo]

Noun

mangō m (genitive mangōnis); third declension

1. dealer, monger in slaves or wares (to which he tries to give an appearance of greater value by adorning them)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mangō	mangōnēs
genitive	mangōnis	mangōnum
dative	mangōnī	mangōnibus
accusative	mangōnem	mangōnēs
ablative	mangōne	mangōnibus
vocative	mangō	mangōnēs

Derived terms

• mangōnicō
• mangōnicus
• mangōnium
• mangōnizō

Descendants

• →⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *mangārī (see there for further descendants)

References

• "mango", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "mango", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mango", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mango”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "mango", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Mango (1)

Mango (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, see etymology at English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maŋɡoː]

• Audio:

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Noun

mango m (invariable)

1. tree of the genus Mangifera with aromatic, sweet fruits

   Mango ir viens no tropu svarīgākajiem augļu kokiem. ― The mango is one of the most important tropical fruit trees.

2. mango fruit (the fruit of this tree)

   Mango ir tropu koku augļi. ― The mango is a tropical tree fruit.

   Mēs pasūtām mango sulu ar ledu. ― We ordered mango juice with ice.

Polish

mango sense 1

mango sense 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡɔ/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɔ
• Syllabification: man‧go

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mango.

Noun

mango n (indeclinable, related adjective mangowy)

2. mango (any plant of the genus Mangifera)

   Synonyms: magnusodrzew, mangowiec

4. mango (fruit of this plant)

Derived terms

nouns

• mangowiec

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mango f

1. vocative singular of manga

Further reading

• mango in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mango in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• mango in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mango m (plural mango)

1. mango

Declension

Declension of mango

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mango	mangoul		mango	mangoi
genitive-dative	mango	mangoului		mango	mangolor
vocative	mangoule			mangolor

Spanish

un mango de espada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: man‧go

Etymology 1

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
   • 2011, Estándar de milady: barbero profesional, 5th edition, Milady, page 353:

     Sostenga el mango de la navaja entre los dedos anular y meñique, […]

     Hold the razor’s handle between your ring finger and little finger, […]

Derived terms

• tener la sartén por el mango

See also

• asa
• manija
• manivela

un mango

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango (fruit and tree)
2. (Bolivia) alternative form of mangos
   • 1930, “Yira, Yira”, Enrique Santos Discépolo (lyrics), performed by Carlos Gardel:

     Buscando ese mango / Que te haga morfar...

     Looking for that money / That lets you eat...

Derived terms

• mangal
• mangazo
• mangüeña

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mönco
• → Ye'kwana: manku
• → K'iche': mank

Etymology 3

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Further reading

• “mango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• mango on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

mango class IX (plural mango class X)

1. solid

Swedish

Etymology

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡʊ/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡʊ

Noun

mango c

1. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangoträd

2. mango (fruit)

Declension

Declension of mango

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mango	mangos
	definite	mangon	mangons
plural	indefinite	mangos, mangor, mangoer	mangos, mangors, mangoers
	definite	mangorna, mangoerna	mangornas, mangoernas

References

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

Anagrams

• mogna

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.ŋo]

Verb

mango

1. (stative) to be sharp

Conjugation

Conjugation of mango

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tomango	fomango	mimango
2nd person		nomango	nimango
3rd person	masculine	omango	imango yomango (archaic)
	feminine	momango
	neuter	imango

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡɔ/

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation

Mutated forms of mango

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mango	fango	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.