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gangue

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • găng
  • /ɡæŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æŋ
  • homophone: gang

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noun

Meaning 1

The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَثّ (ḡaṯṯ) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Arabic: شَوْب (šawb) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Arabic: شَوَائِبُ الرِّكَاز (šawāʔibu r-rikāz) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Chinese Cantonese: 脈石 /脉石 (mak6 sek6) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脈石 /脉石 (màishí) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Esperanto: gango — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Finnish: sivukivi — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • French: gangue — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • German: Gang — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • German: Gangart — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • German: Gangerz — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Italian: ganga — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Japanese: 脈石 (myakuseki) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Korean: 맥석 (maekseok) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Portuguese: ganga — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Russian: пуста́я поро́да (pustája poróda) — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Spanish: ganga — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
  • Spanish: blancarte — earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore