manger
/ˈmeɪndʒə/MAYN-jur
/ˈmeɪndʒɚ/MAYN-jur
Meaningan eating trough
Common meaning: a trough for animal fodder
- mangto chew, munchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1107 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinmandūcō, mandūcāre‘to chew, munch’
- Frenchmangeoire
- Englishmanger‘a trough for animal fodder’ · today
mang also in: mange
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mandūcō ‘to chew, munch’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mandūcō, p. 1107 · dictionary scan
Roots
- mandūcō, mandūcāre Latin “to chew, munch”
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