Feminine
fange
- (feminine, literary) filth, mire
- (feminine, figuratively, literary) filth, baseness, debauchery
- (archaic, feminine, literary) fen, swamp
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɑ̃ʒ/
Etymology
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”).
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