mango

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To stuff and pickle (a fruit).

Synonyms

mango tree

Mangifera indica

imbu

Umbú

man-gay

man-kay

etc

mangga

pickle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/

Etymology

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 Oxford English Dictionary says it ultimately stems from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa, “unripe mango”) (മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango tree”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”)), while the Online Etymology Dictionary points to Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, “unripe mango”) (மா (mā, “mango”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”)). The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.