gang

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

To go; walk; proceed.

Noun

1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
6. (US) A chain gang.
7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
8. A set; all required for an outfit.
9. A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
10. A group of wires attached as a bundle.
11. (dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
12. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
13. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
14. (Internet, broadly) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

Noun

Alternative form of gangue.

Conceptes

companyia

colla

banda

penya

🪨

trepa

brigada

quadrilla

multitud

partida

Sinònims

band

group

party

🥳

crew

crowd

company

pack

mob

clique

set

team

ring

💍

faction

bunch

flock

cluster

squad

troupe

followers

friends

work party

partisans

assembly

body

collection

bevy

gangsters

friend

swarm

army

political party

gang up

coterie

herd

conspirators

association

horde

partner

companions

coil

bloc

associate

club

clans

clan

bank

🏦

adherents

fraternity

circle

⭕

flow

Traduccions

Bande

pandilla

banda

gang

bande

banda

combriccola

bende

gangue

Gruppe

groupe

Rotte

schare

συμμορία

gang

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡæŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: gangen

Heretat de anglès antic: gangan

Cognat amb escocès: gang

Cognat amb suec: gånga

Cognat amb feroès: ganga

Cognat amb islandès: ganga

Heretat de anglès mitjà: gang

Heretat de anglès antic: gang

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Gong

Cognat amb neerlandès: gang

Cognat amb alemany: Gang

Cognat amb noruec: gang

Cognat amb suec: gång

Cognat amb islandès: gangur

In summary

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to Etymology 2, which see below.