fange

Meaning

1. (feminine, literary) filth, mire
2. (feminine, figuratively, literary) filth, baseness, debauchery
3. (archaic, feminine, literary) fen, swamp

Concepts

mud

mire

slime

filth

slush

muck

muck up

mucus

Synonyms

boue

bourbe

bave

mucus

vase

Translations

Schlamm

fango

modder

fango

slijk

barro

fang

lama

çirkef

cieno

πηλός

λάσπη

llot

γύψος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɑ̃ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: fange

Inherited from Old French: fange

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”).