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English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m????/, /?mæ???/
• Hyphenation: man?ga
• Rhymes: -????, -æ???

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ??(???) (manga), from Middle Chinese ? (MC mu?n^H, “free, unrestrained”) + ? (MC ??u?^H, ??w?k?, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin ????? (mànhuà), Korean ?? (?????, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua.

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

1. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
2. (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.

   Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

Hypernyms

• comic

Hyponyms

• doujinshi (“independent or fan-produced manga”)

Coordinate terms

• manhua (“Chinese comic”)
• manhwa (“Korean comic”)
• komku (“Malaysian comic”)

Derived terms

• animanga

Related terms

• mangaka (manga author/artist)

Translations

See also

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

Further reading

• manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

1. (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

Anagrams

• Magan, magna

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangues)

1. sleeve

Catalan

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (manga), ? (man-, “random, uncontrolled”) + ? (-ga, “picture, sketch”). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma?.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma?.?a/

Noun

manga m (plural mangues)

1. manga (Japanese comic book)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m????a]

Noun

manga

1. (countable) manga

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.?a?/
• Hyphenation: man?ga

Etymology 1

From Japanese ?? (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

1. manga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay mangga.

Noun

manga m (plural manga's)

1. (dated, Indonesia) mango

   Synonyms: mango, manja

2. (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• mangaboom

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga).

Noun

manga

1. manga

Declension

Anagrams

• magna

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.?a/
• Homophone: mangas

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. a manga (comic originated in Japan)

   Hypernyms: bédé, BéDé, BD, bande dessinée

   Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua

Related terms

• mangaka

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese manga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin manica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma???], (northwestern) [?ma?k?]

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:

     Et elle, quando esto oyu, empero que estaua muy mal ferido de morte, alynpou a cara cõna manga da loriga, et tomou a espada cõ ãbaslas mãos, coydandolle dar per çima da cabeça, et errouo et deulle h?u grã golpe eno caualo, atã grãde que lle cortou os narizes mesturado cõnas redeas.

2. (nautical) beam

Related terms

• mangueira

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil ???????? (m??k?y) from ?? (m?, “mango species”) + ???? (k?y, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma???]

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)

Related terms

• mangueira

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma???]

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

References

• “manga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “manga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “manga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “manga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man?a/

Noun

manga

1. ear

   Synonym: bina

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Adverb

manga

1. many

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (manga), from Middle Chinese ? (màn, “free, unrestrained”) + ? (?w??, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?a/
• Hyphenation: man?ga

Noun

manga (first-person possessive mangaku, second-person possessive mangamu, third-person possessive manganya)

1. a comic originating in Japan

   Hypernym: komik

Related terms

• mangaka (“manga author/artist”)
• manhwa (“manhwa, Korean comic”)

See also

• anime (“Japanese animation”)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???, manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.?a/
• Hyphenation: màn?ga

Noun

manga m (invariable)

1. (manga) manga

Anagrams

• magna

Japanese

Romanization

manga

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-?a. Cognate with Burmese ??? (nga:), Sichuan Yi ? (nge), Sikkimese ? (nga), Min Dong ? (ngô, ng?)

Numeral

manga

1. five

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??

Noun

manga

1. manga

   Hyponym: komik

Maori

Noun

manga

1. stream, creek

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon mang?n, from Proto-West Germanic *mang?n.

Verb

manga

1. to barter, chaffer

Conjugation

Related terms

• mang n
• mangari m

Descendants

• Icelandic: manga
• Swedish: många

References

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

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.?a/

Noun

manga f

1. (comics) manga

Declension

Further reading

• manga in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??.??/
• Hyphenation: man?ga

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Derived terms

• manguito

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay mangga, from Tamil ???????? (m??k?y) from ?? (m?, “mango species”) + ???? (k?y, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangueira

Descendants

• ? Asturian: mangu
• ? English: mango (see there for further descendants)
• ? French: mangue
• ? Galician: manga
• ? Hunsrik: Manga
• ? Spanish: manga

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man?a/, [?mã?.?a]

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve
2. (tennis) set

   Synonyms: set, parcial

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

1. manga

Etymology 3

Verb

manga

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mangar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mangar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mangar.

Etymology 4

From Portuguese manga.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango tree
2. a type of mango (fruit)

Further reading

• “manga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??a/

Noun

manga c

1. manga

Declension

Anagrams

• Magna

Turkish

Noun

manga

1. squad

Zazaki

Etymology

man +? -ga.

Noun

manga

1. cow

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?m, IPA^(key): /?e?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gaman? (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).

Cognate with Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”), Icelandic gaman (“fun”). Related to gammon, gamble.

Noun

game (countable and uncountable, plural games)

1. A playful or competitive activity.
   1. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

   2. (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
      • 1983, Lawrence Lasker & al., WarGames:

        Joshua: Shall we play a game?
        David: ... Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War?
        Joshua: Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
        David: Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
        Joshua: Fine.

      • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:

        From time to time, track-suited boys ran past them, with all the deadly purpose and humourless concentration of those who enjoyed Games.

   3. (countable) A particular instance of playing a game; match.

      • “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

   4. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
   5. The number of points necessary to win a game.

   6. (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
   7. (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.

   8. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
      • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, chapter 11:

        I played golf with her that same afternoon. She lost eight balls, I remember. Eight. I had a terrible time getting her to at least open her eyes when she took a swing at the ball. I improved her game immensely, though.

   9. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
2. (countable) A video game.

   Hypernym: title
3. (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

4. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

   • I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game’s afoot!

   • “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
5. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
6. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.

7. (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
   • 1998, Nate Dogg, She's Strange (song)

     She's strange, so strange, but I didn't complain. She said yes to me when I ran my game.

8. (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
9. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

   • Your murderous game is nearly up.

   • It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:game
• (synonyms to be checked): pastime, play, recreation, frolic, sport, diversion, fun, amusement, merriment, festivity, entertainment, spree, prank, lark, gambol, merrymaking, gaiety
• (instance of gameplay): match
• (field of gainful activity): line
• (military): wargame
• (business or occupation): racket
• (questionable practices): racket

Antonyms

• (antonyms to be checked): drudgery, work, toil

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: gamen, game
• ? Japanese: ???
• ? Norman: gamme
• ? Norwegian: gamen, game
• ? Portuguese: game
• ? Spanish: game
• ? Welsh: gêm

Translations

Adjective

game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)

1. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
2. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
3. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

Synonyms

• (willing to participate): sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant

Antonyms

• (willing to participate): cautious, disinclined

Translations

Verb

game (third-person singular simple present games, present participle gaming, simple past and past participle gamed)

1. (intransitive) To gamble.

2. (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
3. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

   We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

4. (transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
   • 2005, "Picking up the pieces", The Economist, 6 October 2005:

     Returning briefly to his journalistic persona to interview Britney Spears, he finds himself gaming her, and she gives him her phone number.

   • 2010, Mystery, The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction, Villard Books (2010), ?ISBN, page 100:

     A business associate of mine at the time, George Wu, sat across the way, gaming a stripper the way I taught him.

   • 2010, Sheila McClear, "Would you date a pickup artist?", New York Post, 9 July 2010:

     How did Amanda know she wasn’t getting gamed? Well, she didn’t. “I would wonder, ‘Is he saying stuff to other girls that he says to me?’ We did everything we could to cut it off . . . yet we somehow couldn’t.”

Derived terms

• game the system
• gamer

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

game (comparative more game, superlative most game)

1. Injured, lame (of a limb).
   • around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade

     You come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure."

See also

• game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MEGA, Mega, mage, mega, mega-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?m/
• Hyphenation: game
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)

1. A video game, an electronic game.

   Synonyms: videogame, videospel

Hyponyms

• computerspel

Related terms

• gamen
• gamer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

game

1. first-person singular present indicative of gamen
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gamen
3. imperative of gamen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gamen, gomen; from Proto-Germanic *gaman?, of disputed origin.

Alternative forms

• gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?m(?)/, /??am(?)/, /??a?m?n/, /??am?n/
• (from OE gomen) IPA^(key): /????m(?)/, /????m?n/
• (Kent) IPA^(key): /????m(?)/, /????m?n/

Noun

game (plural games or game)

1. Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
   1. A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
   2. A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
   3. Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).
   4. An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
2. Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
   1. An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
   2. Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
3. The state of being happy or joyful.
4. Game; wild animals hunted for food.
5. (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
6. (rare) Gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
7. (rare) The reward for winning a game.

Derived terms

• gameful
• gamely
• gamen

Descendants

• English: game, gammon (dialectal gam) (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: gemme, gem, gyem
• Yola: gaame, gaaume

References

• “g?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.

Etymology 2

From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian.

Verb

game

1. Alternative form of gamen

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??ejm/, /??ej.mi/

Noun

game m (plural games)

1. (Brazil, slang) electronic game (game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game, a video game or the like)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:game.

See also

• jogo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.mi/

Verb

game

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of gamar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of gamar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of gamar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of gamar

Spanish

Noun

game m (plural games)

1. (tennis) game