fange

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine, literary) filth, mire
2. (feminine, figuratively, literary) filth, baseness, debauchery
3. (archaic, feminine, literary) fen, swamp

Sinonieme

boue

bourbe

bave

mucus

vase

Vertalings

Schlamm

fango

modder

fango

mud

çirkef

cieno

slime

slijk

lama

mire

fang

barro

filth

πηλός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɑ̃ʒ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: fange

Geërf van Old French: fange

In summary

Inherited from Middle French fange, from Old French fange (“mud, addle, mire”), from Vulgar Latin *fanga ~ *fangus (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare Spanish and Italian fango m. Doublet of fagne (“marshland, fen”).