English

Wikispecies

Noun

mangue ‎(plural mangues)

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ɡ/

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

mangue f ‎(plural mangues)

1. mango (fruit of the mango tree)

Related terms

• manguier

Etymology 2

From mangouste ‎(“mongoose”).^[1]

Noun

mangue f ‎(plural mangues)

1. A carnivorous mammal related to the mongoose.

Related terms

• mangouste

References

1. 1 2 “mangue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingue

Noun

mangue

1. mango

Portuguese

Noun

mangue m (plural mangues)

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

Synonyms

• manguezal

Spanish

Verb

mangue

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mangar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mangar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mangar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mangar.