mango

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
2. (countable, uncountable) The fruit of the mango tree.
3. (countable, uncountable) A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
4. (US, countable, dated, uncountable) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
5. (countable, uncountable) A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
7. (countable, uncountable) A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
8. (countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable) The breasts.

Verb

To stuff and pickle (a fruit).

Synonyms

mango tree

Mangifera indica

imbu

Umbú

man-gay

man-kay

etc

mangga

pickle

Translations

mangue

🥭

Mango

🥭

mango

mango

🥭

mango

🥭

manguier

Mangifera indica

mango

manga

Mangobaum

منجو

منجا

aniba

manga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-South Dravidian *mā
Proto-South Dravidian *m
Proto-South Dravidian *mām
Malayalam മാം (māṁ)
Proto-Dravidian *kāy
Malayalam കായ (kāya)
Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)
Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.
Portuguese mangabor.
English 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.