different between mong vs mongolism

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ?emong, ?emang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang? (“mix”). Compare Proto-Germanic *mangijan? (“to knead, mix”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (dialect) A mingling, mixture, or crowd.
2. (dialect) A muddle or confusion.

Derived terms

• mongcorn

Etymology 2

Contraction of mongrel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (Australia, slang) A mongrel dog.

Etymology 3

Contraction of Mongol or mongoloid.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

1. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory, dated) A person with Down's syndrome.
2. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory) A stupid person.

Etymology 4

Clipping of among.

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

mong

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 'mong.

Etymology 5

Shan ?????? (móeng)

Noun

mong

1. Alternative form of mueang

References

Dutch

Noun

mong m (plural mongs)

1. (slang) mong, shortened version of mongool.

Malay

Noun

mong

1. gong

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“to expect”, SV: v?ng). Compare Thai ??? (m??ng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maw??m??]

Verb

mong

1. to hope, to expect, to wish for something

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Mongol +? -ism, coined by John Langdon Down.

Noun

mongolism (countable and uncountable, plural mongolisms)

1. (now offensive) Down syndrome

Translations

Related terms

• mongol
• mongoloid
• mong

Romanian

Etymology

From French mongolisme

Noun

mongolism n (uncountable)

1. Mongolism

Declension