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Webster 1913 Edition
manger
man′ger
,Noun.
1.
A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
2.
(Naut.)
The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.
Webster 1828 Edition
Manger
MANGER
,Noun.
1.
A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which horses and cattle are fed.2.
In ships of war, a space across the deck, within the hawse-holes, separated from the after part of the deck, to prevent the water which enters the hawse-holes from running over the deck.Definition 2024
manger
manger
English
Manger.
Noun
manger (plural mangers)
- A trough for animals to eat from.
Derived terms
Translations
trough for animals to eat from
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Late Latin manducāre (“to chew, devour”), present active infinitive of manducō, from Latin mandō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃ʒe/
- (Paris) IPA(key): [mɑ̃ː.ʒe]
- Homophones: mangeai, mangé, mangée, mangées, mangés, mangez
- Hyphenation: man‧ger
Verb
manger
- (transitive) to eat
- J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper.
- I ate some meat for dinner.
- J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper.
- (intransitive) to eat
- C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien.
- It's strange that I don't eat anything.
- Manger au restaurant.
- To eat in a restaurant.
- C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written mange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and ranger.
Conjugation of manger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | manger | avoir mangé | |||||
| gerund | en mangeant | en ayant mangé | |||||
| present participle | mangeant /mɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mangé /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
manges /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mangeons /mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mangez /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mangent /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | mangeais /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangeais /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangeait /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangions /mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mangiez /mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mangeaient /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mangeai /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mangeas /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangea /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangeâmes /mɑ̃.ʒam/ |
mangeâtes /mɑ̃.ʒat/ |
mangèrent /mɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | mangerai /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mangeras /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mangera /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mangerons /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
mangerez /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mangeront /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mangerais /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerais /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerait /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerions /mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mangeriez /mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
mangeraient /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
manges /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mangions /mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mangiez /mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mangent /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
mangeasse /mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mangeasses /mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mangeât /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangeassions /mɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
mangeassiez /mɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
mangeassent /mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | mangeons /mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mangez /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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Noun
manger m (plural mangers)
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French mengier.
Verb
manger
- to eat (consume food)
Conjugation
- As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of manger
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | manger | avoir mangé | |||||
| gerund | en mangeant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mangeant | ||||||
| past participle | mangé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | mangeons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | mangeois, mangeoys | mangeois, mangeoys | mangeoit, mangeoyt | mangions, mangyons | mangiez, mangyez | mangeoient, mangeoyent | |
| past historic | mangea | mangeas | mangea | mangeasmes | mangeastes | mangerent | |
| future | mangerai, mangeray | mangeras | mangera | mangerons | mangerez | mangeront | |
| conditional | mangerois, mangeroys | mangerois, mangeroys | mangeroit, mangeroyt | mangerions, mangeryons | mangeriez, mangeryez | mangeroient, mangeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | mangeons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | mangeasse | mangeasses | mangeast | mangeassions | mangeassiez | mangeassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mange | — | mangeons | mangez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: manger
Noun
manger m (plural mangers)
- food (comestible solids)
Coordinate terms
Old French
Verb
manger
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mengier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of manger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | manger | avoir mangé | |||||
| gerund | en manjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | manjant | ||||||
| past participle | mangé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | manjons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | manjoie, mangeie, manjoe, mangeve | manjoies, mangeies, manjoes, mangeves | manjoit, mangeit, manjot, mangeve | mangiiens, mangiens | mangiiez, mangiez | manjoient, mangeient, manjoent, mangevent | |
| preterite | manjai | manjas | manja | manjames | manjastes | mangerent | |
| future | mangerai | mangeras | mangera | mangerons | mangeroiz, mangereiz, mangerez | mangeront | |
| conditional | mangeroie, mangereie | mangeroies, mangereies | mangeroit, mangereit | mangeriiens, mangeriens | mangeriiez, mangeriez | mangeroient, mangereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | manjons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | manjasse | manjasses | manjast | mangissons, mangissiens | mangissoiz, mangissez, mangissiez | manjassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | mange | — | manjons | mangez | — | ||
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) mangiar
Etymology
Borrowing from Old French mangier, from Latin mandūcō, manducāre.
Verb
manger
Related terms
Usage notes
In standardised Rumantsch Grischun, mangiar is used for people eating and magliar for animals eating. When applied to people magliar means eating badly (eating like a pig). Some of the Romansch lects do not make this distinction (especially Sursilvan) and magliar is the usual term for human beings.