German

Manga

Noun

Manga m

1. manga (a Japanese comic)

Hypernyms

• Bildergeschichte

Portuguese

Proper noun

Manga

1. Manga (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

English

A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:manga.

Translations

Hyponyms

• doujinshi ‎(“independent or fan-produced manga”)

Hypernyms

• comic

Related terms

• mangaka (manga author/artist)

Coordinate terms

• manhua ‎(“Chinese comic”)
• manhwa ‎(“Korean comic”)
• komku ‎(“Malaysian comic”)

See also

• anime ‎(“Japanese animation”)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manga f ‎(plural mangues)

1. sleeve

Catalan

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画 ‎(manga), 漫 (man-) "random, uncontrolled" + 画 (-ga) "picture, sketch". After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun

manga m ‎(plural mangues)

1. manga (Japanese comic book)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画 ‎(manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Noun

manga m ‎(plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

1. manga

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 漫画 ‎(manga)

Noun

manga m ‎(plural mangas)

1. a manga (comic originated in Japan)
   • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can't Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction, in French), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:

     Hiromu Arakawa is a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!

   • 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can't Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction, in French), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:

     Osamu Tezuka est le plus grand dessinateur de manga. De 1947 à 1989, il dessine 150000 pages et crée d’innombrable séries : Astro Boy, le roi Léo, Metropolis, BlackJack, Les trois Adolf, Ayako, Phénix…

     Osamu Tezuka was the greatest manga artist. From 1947 to 1989, he drew 150,000 pages and created countless series: Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Black Jack, Message to Adolf, Ayako, Phoenix…

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Related terms

• mangaka

Coordinate terms

• manhwa
• manhua

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica.

Noun

manga f ‎(plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் ‎(māṅkāy) from மா ‎(mā, “mango species”) + காய் ‎(kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

manga f ‎(plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)

Related terms

• mangueira

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manga/

Noun

manga

1. ear

Synonyms

• bina

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 漫画 ‎(まんが, manga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ga/, [ˈmäŋgä]
• Hyphenation: màn‧ga

Noun

manga m ‎(invariable)

1. (manga) manga

Anagrams

• magna

Japanese

Romanization

manga

1. rōmaji reading of まんが
2. rōmaji reading of マンガ

Maori

Noun

manga

1. A stream, creek

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡa]

Noun

manga f

1. (manga) manga

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: man‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:manga.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் ‎(māṅkāy) from மா ‎(mā, “mango species”) + காய் ‎(kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

manga f (plural mangas)

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (tree)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:manga.

Synonyms

• (tree): mangueira

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

Noun

manga f ‎(plural mangas)

1. sleeve

Related terms

• arremangar
• manguera
• remangar

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Japanese.

Noun

manga m ‎(plural mangas)

1. manga

Etymology 3

Verb

manga

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mangar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mangar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mangar.

Swedish

Noun

manga c

1. (manga) manga

Turkish

Noun

manga

1. squad

Zazaki

Etymology

man +‎ -ga.

Noun

manga

1. cow