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gangue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: g?ng, IPA(key): /?æ?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?
  • Homophone: gang

Noun

gangue (countable and uncountable, plural gangues)

  1. (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

Synonyms

  • veinstone

Derived terms

  • endogangue
  • exogangue

Translations

Further reading

  • gangue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • extractive metallurgy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).

Noun

gangue f (plural gangues)

  1. (geology, mining) gangue

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • gang (dated)

Etymology

From English gang.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /????.?i/

Noun

gangue m (Portugal) or f (Brazil) (plural gangues)

  1. A gang of criminals.

Further reading

  • “gangue” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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gangle

English

Verb

gangle (third-person singular simple present gangles, present participle gangling, simple past and past participle gangled)

  1. To move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person

References

  • OED 1993 (online)

Anagrams

  • naggle

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