manga

manga

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋɡə/, /ˈmæŋɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, -æŋɡə
  • Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵/漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

  1. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
  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. (countable, loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

Alternative forms
  • mangwa (obsolete)
Hyponyms
  • doujinshi (independent or fan-produced manga)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • mangaka
Descendants
  • Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)
Translations

See also

  • anime (Japanese animation)

Further reading

  • manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Spanish manga (sleeve). Doublet of manche.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

  1. (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

Etymology 3

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

  1. Obsolete form of mango (the fruit).

Etymology 4

Short for mangalitsa.

Noun

manga (plural mangas)

  1. A mangalitsa pig.

Anagrams

  • Magan, magna

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f (plural mangues)

  1. sleeve

Catalan

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmaŋ.ɡə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]

Noun

manga m (plural mangues)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

Noun

manga

  1. (countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer.I believe they have read far too many mangas.

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡaː/
  • Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun

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

  1. (comics) 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 漫画(まんが) (manga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): man‧ga

Noun

manga

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • manga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • magna

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga). Doublet of manhwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/
  • Homophone: mangas

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

  1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hypernym: bande dessinée
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua

Related terms

  • mangaka

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    manga f (plural mangas)

    1. sleeve
    2. (nautical) beam
    Related terms

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (, mango species) + காய் (kāy, unripe fruit).

      Noun

      manga f (plural mangas)

      1. mango (fruit)
        Botoulle manga á ensaladaShe added some mango to her salad.
      Related terms

      Etymology 3

      Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

      Noun

      manga m (plural mangas)

      1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

      Etymology 4

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      manga

      1. inflection of mangar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      References

      • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (20062013), “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
      • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (20032018), “manga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
      • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (20142024), “manga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

      Gamilaraay

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ma.ŋa/

      Noun

      manga

      1. (Yuwaalaraay) ear
        Synonym: bina

      References

      • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

      Guinea-Bissau Creole

      Adverb

      manga

      1. many

      Hanunoo

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: ma‧nga

      Particle

      manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

      1. Alternative form of mga

      Adverb

      manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

      1. Alternative form of mga

      Further reading

      • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189

      Indonesian

      Etymology

      From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈman.ɡa/
      • IPA(key): (common) /ˈma.ŋa/
      • Hyphenation: man‧ga

      Noun

      manga

      1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
        Coordinate terms: manhua, manhwa

      Derived terms

      Related terms

      See also

      • anime (Japanese animation)

      Italian

      Etymology

      From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈman.ɡa/
      • Rhymes: -anɡa
      • Hyphenation: màn‧ga

      Noun

      manga m (invariable)

      1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

      References

      Anagrams

      • magna

      Japanese

      Romanization

      manga

      1. Rōmaji transcription of まんが
      2. Rōmaji transcription of マンガ

      Jingpho

      Etymology

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Nuosu (nge), Sikkimese (nga), Eastern Min (ngô, ngū).

      Numeral

      manga

      1. five

      Malay

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

      Pronunciation

      • (Japanese-based) IPA(key): [maŋ.ɡa]
        • Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
      • (Baku) IPA(key): [ma.ŋa]
        • Rhymes: -ŋa, -a
      • Hyphenation: ma‧nga

      Noun

      manga (Jawi spelling ماڠا)

      1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
        Hyponym: komik

      Maori

      Noun

      manga

      1. stream, creek

      Nias

      Verb

      manga

      1. imperfective of a (to eat)

      Old Galician-Portuguese

      Etymology

        Inherited from Latin manica, from manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-.

        Noun

        manga f (plural mangas)

        1. (clothing) sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Fala: manga
        • Galician: manga
        • Portuguese: manga

        References

        • Manuel Ferreiro (20142025) “manga”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
        • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
        • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “manga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
        • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (20202025) “manga”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

        Old Norse

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Old Saxon mangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mangōn.

        Verb

        manga

        1. to barter, chaffer

        Conjugation

        Related terms

        • mang n
        • mangari m

        Descendants

        • Icelandic: manga
        • Swedish: många

        Further reading

        • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “manga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

        Polish

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡa/
        • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
        • Syllabification: man‧ga

        Noun

        manga f

        1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
          Hypernym: komiks
          Coordinate term: anime

        Declension

        Derived terms

        Related terms

        Further reading

        • manga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

        Portuguese

        Pronunciation

        • Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
        • Hyphenation: man‧ga

        Etymology 1

        From Old Galician-Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche. Doublet of Mancha.

        Noun

        manga f (plural mangas)

        1. sleeve
        2. pipe
        Derived terms

        Etymology 2

          Borrowed from either Malay mangga or Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

          Noun

          manga f (plural mangas)

          1. mango (fruit)
          2. mango (tree)
            Synonym: mangueira
          Derived terms
          Descendants
          • Araweté: mãka
          • English: mango, manga (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
          • Galician: manga
          • Guajajára: màg
          • Hunsrik: Manga
          • Middle French: manga
            • French: mangue
          • Nheengatu: manga
          • Spanish: manga

          Etymology 3

          Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

          Noun

          manga m or f (plural mangas)

          1. (chiefly Portugal) (comics) manga (comic made in Japanese)
            Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) mangá

          Etymology 4

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

          manga

          1. inflection of mangar:
            1. third-person singular present indicative
            2. second-person singular imperative

          Further reading

          • “manga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 20152025
          • “manga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

          Spanish

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈmanɡa/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡa]
          • Rhymes: -anɡa
          • Syllabification: man‧ga

          Etymology 1

          Inherited 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. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

          Etymology 3

          Verb

          manga

          1. inflection of mangar:
            1. third-person singular present indicative
            2. second-person singular imperative

          Etymology 4

          Borrowed 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

          Swedish

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /maŋ.ɡa/

          Noun

          manga c

          1. (countable, uncountable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
          2. (dated) hentai
            Synonym: hentai
          3. (dated) anime
            Synonym: anime

          Declension

          See also

          • anime

          References

          • manga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
          • manga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
          • manga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

          Anagrams

          • Magna

          Tagalog

          Etymology

          From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.

          Pronunciation

          • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
          • Rhymes: -a
          • Syllabification: ma‧nga

          Particle

          mangá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

          1. Archaic spelling of mga.

          Anagrams

          • magna, mag- -an, maang

          Turkish

          Etymology 1

          From Italian banco (bench, sitting row, benches where rowers would sit in ships), originally a naval term, later becoming a group or assembly of sailors (often with the additional meaning of a mess or meal assembly), started being used by the army by 20th century latest.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

          Noun

          manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

          1. (military) A squad of 10 soldiers.
          2. (military) Sleeping quarters for sailors in warships.
          3. (figurative) A group of people, crowd.

          Etymology 2

          Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

          Noun

          manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

          1. (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

          References

          Further reading

          • “manga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

          Vietnamese

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵/漫畫, manhwa).

          Pronunciation

          • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːn˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
          • (Huế) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
          • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaː˧˧]
          • Phonetic spelling: man ga

          Noun

          manga

          1. manga

          Zazaki

          Etymology

          From man +‎ -ga.

          Noun

          manga

          1. cow

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