manga

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English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (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)

2. (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.

   Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
3. (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.
4. (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)

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

Noun

manga

2. (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)

2. (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

2. (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)

2. (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 (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)

   Botoulle manga á ensalada ― She added some mango to her salad.

Related terms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

manga m (plural mangas)

2. (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 (2006–2013), “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 (2003–2018), “manga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “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 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (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

2. (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)

2. (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 ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Eastern Min 五 (ngô, ngū).

Numeral

manga

1. five

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋa/ [ˈmaː.ŋʌ]
• Rhymes: -aŋa
• Syllabification: ma‧nga

Noun

mánga

1. state of being sad, sorrowful
2. act of getting

Derived terms

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “mánga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 303
• Allen, Larry (2021) “manga”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

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)

2. (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 (2014–2025) “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 (2006–2022) “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “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)

2. (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, 2015–2025
• “manga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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)

2. (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

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

   Synonym: hentai

4. (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)

2. (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 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (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