wang

English Online Dictionary. What means wang‎? What does wang mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: wăng; IPA^(key): /wæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. Alternative spelling of whang

Verb

wang (third-person singular simple present wangs, present participle wanging, simple past and past participle wanged)

1. (transitive) To batter; to clobber; to conk.
2. (transitive) To throw hard.

Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang (“stour, thick slice", also "thong”), from thwang (“thong”). See thong. Compare wong.

Alternative forms

• whang

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (colloquial) Penis.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:penis

See also

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wang.

Pronunciation

Noun

wang (plural wange)

1. cheek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wange, from Old Dutch *wanga, from Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑŋ/
• Hyphenation: wang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• appelwang
• roodwangara
• wangzak
• witwanghoenderkoet
• witwangstern

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wang

Fwâi

Noun

wang

1. boat

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay wang (“money”).

Noun

wang

1. (informal) Informal spelling of uang (“money”).

Etymology 2

From either Teochew 王 (uang⁵, “king”) or Mandarin 王 (wáng, “king”).

Noun

wang

1. palace, king's residence

Further reading

• “wang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Jawe

Noun

wang

1. boat

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 圓 / 圆 (oân, “round; currency”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

wang (Jawi spelling واڠ)

1. money
2. cash

Descendants

• Indonesian: uang
• → Hokkien: 鈁 / 钫 (hoáng)

See also

• duit

Further reading

• “wang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manchu

Romanization

wang

1. Romanization of ᠸᠠᠩ

Mandarin

Romanization

wang

1. Nonstandard spelling of wāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wàng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Musi

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese wwaṅ (“people, person”). Cognate with Javanese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːŋ/
• Hyphenation: wang

Noun

wang

1. people; person
2. human being

Synonyms

• ugang

Nemi

Noun

wang

1. boat

Old English

Alternative forms

• wong

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz. Doublet of wange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑnɡ/, [wɑŋɡ]

Noun

wang m (nominative plural wangas)

1. (poetic) a flat surface: plain, field, ground
   • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book

2. (anatomy) the side of the face, cheek

   Synonyms: ċēace, hlēor, wange

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

• neorxnawang
• wangbeard
• wangstede
• wangtōþ
• wangturf

Descendants

• Middle English: wang, wong
  • English: wong
  • Scots: wang, wan, wong

Pije

Noun

wang

1. boat

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *wange, from Proto-Germanic *wangô.

Noun

wang n (plural wangen, diminutive wankje)

1. cheek

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

• wangga
• wango
• wangò

Noun

wang

1. cheek

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124