English Online Dictionary. What means mustang? What does mustang mean?
English
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌs.tæŋ/
Noun
mustang (plural mustangs)
- A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
- (US, military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.
- 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page 1754:
- 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page 1754:
- (US, military slang, generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.
Translations
Verb
mustang (third-person singular simple present mustangs, present participle mustanging, simple past and past participle mustanged)
- (US) To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food.
Anagrams
- tangums, stagnum, manguts, magnuts, Gutmans
Czech
Noun
mustang m anim
- mustang (horse)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
French
Noun
mustang m (plural mustangs)
- mustang
Further reading
- “mustang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English mustang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmus.taŋk/
- Rhymes: -ustaŋk
- Syllabification: mus‧tang
- Homophone: Mustang
Noun
mustang m animal
- mustang (small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west)
- Hypernym: koń
- Ford Mustang car
- (usually in the plural) jeans or shoes by Mustang Holding
Declension
Further reading
- mustang in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mustang in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mustang.
Noun
mustang m (plural mustangi)
- mustang