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mango.

Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaŋɡəw/British, Southern, Standard/ˈmæŋɡoʊ//ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/

  1. Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.

    countable · uncountable

  2. Fruit of the mango tree.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.

    countable · uncountable

  4. A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.

    US · countable · dated · uncountable

  5. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.

    countable · uncountable

  6. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

    countable · uncountable

  7. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

    countable · uncountable

  8. The breasts.

    countable · in-plural · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaŋɡəw/British, Southern, Standard/ˈmæŋɡoʊ//ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/

  1. To stuff and pickle (a fruit).

    transitive · uncommon
Where this word comes from

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.

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