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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

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms

• Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
• giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

• Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?man.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

Etymology 2

Adjective

manta

1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta

1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta?/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

     e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

     and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

   Synonym: cobertor

2. runner stone (upper millstone)
3. fry shoal

Derived terms

• a manta

References

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

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta
• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

2. wealth, riches

3. things, objects

Declension

Derived terms

• mant?ba
• mant?gs, mant?gums
• nemant?gs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?taq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

manta n

1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

1. sweet potato

References

• Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

From Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

1. manta ray

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

manta n

1. genitive singular of manto
2. nominative plural of manto
3. accusative plural of manto
4. vocative plural of manto

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

• mantie, mant?

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/, [?mãn?.t?a]

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner

   Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada

2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. (zoology) manta ray

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

• "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition