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4-letter words (1 found)

MANG,

3-letter words (7 found)

GAM,GAN,MAG,MAN,MNA,NAG,NAM,

2-letter words (5 found)

AG,AM,AN,MA,NA,

You can make 13 words from mang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mang

mang amng mnag nmag anmg namg magn amgn mgan gman agmn gamn mnga nmga mgna gmna ngma gnma angm nagm agnm ganm ngam gnam

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Definitions and meaning of mang

mang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

Noun

mang

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)

Etymology 2

From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.

Preposition

mang

  1. (Devon) Amid, amongst, among.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

Verb

mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)

  1. (Devon) To mix.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).

Verb

mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)

  1. (slang, dated, rare, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.

Anagrams

  • AMGN, G-man, Ngam

Afrikaans

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maŋ/

Noun

mang (uncountable)

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) prison, jail

Verb

mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)

  1. (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanɡ/
  • Rhymes: -anɡ

Etymology 1

Compare Old Armenian մանր (manr, “small, thin”).

Noun

mang m (definite mangu) (Buzuku)

  1. male
    Synonym: mashkull

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mancus (“maimed, infirm”); doublet of mënk ‘one-armed’.

Noun

mang m (plural mangje, definite mangu, definite plural mangjet)

  1. animal young, cub
  2. urchin
Declension
Alternative forms
  • mag
Derived terms
  • mangë
  • mangët
  • mangth, makth
  • mangut

Cimbrian

Verb

mang

  1. (Luserna, auxiliary) to be able to; can

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German manc, inmanc and Middle Low German manc (“among”). Related with German mengen, English among.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maŋ/

Preposition

mang (+ dative)

  1. (Northern Germany, colloquial, dated) among; amidst

Derived terms

  • mittenmang (adverb; remains more common)

Low German

Preposition

mang

  1. among, amongst
  2. amidst

Inflection

Adverb

mang

  1. among

Synonyms

  • ünner

Mandarin

Romanization

mang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of māng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of máng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of màng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

Noun

mang

  1. dream

References

  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish mang, mangen, from Old Danish mang.

Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

  1. In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the phrases mang ei f, mang en m, and mangt et.

References

  • en “mang en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

  1. In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the pronoun phrases mang ein m and mang ei f, and mangt eit n.

References

  • ein “mang ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From manga (“to barter”).

Noun

mang n

  1. barter, peddling

Declension

References

  • “mang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Potawatomi

Noun

mang

  1. loon

Sundanese

Noun

mang

  1. uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of mama + -ng.

Noun

mang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) term of address for an elderly man
    Synonyms: manong, kuya

Related terms

  • Mang

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong bang, Tho [Cuối Chăm] baːŋ¹.

Verb

mang • (芒, 忙, 恾, 𫼳, 茫)

  1. to carry
    mang đi ― to leave and take something along
    cà phê mang đi ― coffee to go; takeout/takeaway coffee
  2. to wear (footwear)
    Synonym: đi
    mang giày không tất ― to wear shoes without socks
    mang giày cao gót ― to wear high-heels
See also
  • choàng (“to wear a cape or cloak”)
  • đeo (“to wear an accessory or footwear”)
  • đội (“to wear headgear”)
  • khoác (“to wear over the shoulders”)
  • mặc (“to wear a top or bottom”)
  • quàng (“to wear a scarf”)

Verb

mang • (𦛿)

  1. to be pregnant

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-maːŋ; cognate with Muong mang and Chut [Rục] kumaːŋ¹. Compare Bahnar kơmang (“gill”), Khmu [Cuang] maːŋ ("gill").

Noun

(classifier cái) mang • (芒)

  1. (anatomy) gills
    Synonym: go
    mang nòng nọc ― tadpole gills
  2. (of a cobra) hood
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

Noun

(classifier con) mang • (𤛘, 𤞽)

  1. muntjac
    Synonyms: hoẵng, kỉ

Etymology 4

Romanization

mang

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙
Derived terms

Yola

Preposition

mang

  1. Aphetic form of amang

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /maːŋ˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: mang1
  • Hyphenation: mang

Etymology 1

From Chinese 猛 (MC maengX, “ferocious; violent; powerful”).

Adjective

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)

  1. brave; bold.
See also
  • damzdingz
  • lanh
  • moegloet

Etymology 2

Noun

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)

  1. curse.

Source: wiktionary.org