mango
Syllables: man·goUK/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈmaŋɡəw/
mango noun: any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
Noun
mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)
- Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
- On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146
- Fruit of the mango tree.
- And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas...
- A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
- In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335
- A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
- Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222
- Best mango peppers1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154
- A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
- Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
- A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
- The breasts.
Verb
mango (third-person singular simple present mangoes, present participle mangoing, simple past and past participle mangoed)
- To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
- Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444
- In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mango
Mango
- Ellipsis of Mango Island.
- Ellipsis of Mango Township.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mango
Mango
- a language spoken in China
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mango
Mango
- a language spoken in Chad
mango meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mango in Hindi
- tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica
- आम ām
- fruit
- आम ām
mango in Tamil
- tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica
- மாமரம் māmaram
- fruit
- மாங்காய் māṅkāy, மாம்பழம் māmpaḻam, மா mā
mango in Marathi
- tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica
- आंबा āmbā
- fruit
- आंबा āmbā
mango in Urdu
- tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica
- آم ām
- fruit
- آم ām
More languagesFewer languages
- mango in Bengali
- আম গাছ am gach, আম am
- mango in Telugu
- మామిడి māmiḍi, మామిడిపండు māmiḍipaṇḍu
- mango in Malayalam
- മാവ് māvŭ, മാങ്ങ māṅṅa
- mango in Kannada
- ಮಾವು māvu
- mango in Punjabi
- ਅੰਬ amba, اَمْب amb, امب pnb, انبى
- mango in Gujarati
- આંબ ā̃ba, આંબો ā̃bo, કેરી kerī
- mango in Odia
- ଆମ୍ବ āmba
- mango in Sanskrit
- आम्र āmra
- mango in Sinhala
- අඹ aᵐba
- mango in Assamese
- আমগছ amgos, আম am
- mango in Nepali
- आम ām
- mango in Tagalog
- puno ng mangga, mangga
- mango in Arabic
- مَنْجُو mangū, مَنْجَا mangā, مَانْجُو mangō, منجة
- mango in Malay
- pokok mangga, pokok pauh, mangga, pauh
- mango in Indonesian
- pohon mangga, buah mangga, mangga
- mango in Persian
- انبه anbe
- mango in Thai
- มะม่วง má-mûuang, ต้นมะม่วง dtôn má-mûang
- mango in Vietnamese
- xoài, quả xoài, trái xoài
- mango in Myanmar
- သရက်ပင် sa.rakpang, သရက်သီး sa.raksi:
- Sindhi
- انب ā̃b
- Dhivehi
- އަނބު aᵐbu
- Kashmiri
- اَمب amb
- Dzongkha
- ཨམ་ཅུ་ཀུ་ལི am cu ku li
Examples of mango in a sentence
- Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow.2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:
- For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66:
Forms of mango
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mangoes |
| plural | mangos |
| alternative form (obsolete) | manga |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mangoes |
| present participle | mangoing |
| past participle | mangoed |
| past | mangoed |
Origin of mango
Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.
From Mango ma21 ŋo21.
Borrowed from Mango Mango.
Words formed from mango
- African mango
- Alphonso mango
- apple mango
- bandango
- black-throated mango
- bush mango
- chamango
- Champagne mango
- hapus mango
- hillbilly mango
- mangoade
- mango bird
- mango-bird
- mangoey
- mango fish
- mango fly
- mango ginger
- mangoless
- mangolike
- mango melon
- Mango Mussolini
- mangonada
- mangophile
- mango pudding
- mangorita
- mango roll
- mango shower
- mango squash
- mango tilapia
- mangotini
- mangotoxin
- mango trick
- mango weevil
- mango worm
- Milton mango
- wild mango
Phrases with mango
- afoos mango
- mango birds
- mango flies
- mango juice
- mango rolls
- mango worms
- hapoos mango
- Mango Island
- mango juices
- mango melons
- mango tricks
- mango showers
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with mango
Questions about mango
- What does mango mean?
- Mango means any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
- What is mango in Hindi?
- Mango in Hindi is आम (ām). See Mango meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use mango in a sentence?
- Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow.
- What part of speech is mango?
- Mango can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mango?
- Mango is pronounced /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mango?
- The plural of mango is mangoes.
Words near mango in the dictionary
Source and license
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