manger

Signification

Verb

1. to eat
2. to eat

Noun

food, foodstuff

Coupé comme

man‧ger

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɑ̃.ʒe/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Late Latin manducāre (“chew, devour”).
See cognates : Italian mangiare, Norman maungier and mougier, Gallo mangier, Picard minger, Bourguignon maingé, Franco-Provençal mengiér, Occitan manjar, Corsican manghjà, Romanian mânca.

Phrases

Un lion adulte peut tuer et manger un ou deux cerfs par semaine .

An adult lion can kill and eat one or two deer a week.

Les médecins de l'époque encouragent la population à manger du bœuf .

Doctors at the time encouraged the population to eat beef.