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mangal

name · noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmæŋɡəl/
  • /-ˌɡæl/
  • /-ˌɡɑːl/
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  • rhymes with -æŋɡəl
  • rhymes with -æŋɡæl
  • rhymes with -æŋɡɑːl
  • rhymes with -ɡɑːl
  • /mæŋˈɡæl/
  • /mɑŋ-/
  • /-ˈɡɑl/
  • rhymes with -ɡæl
  • rhymes with -ɡɑl

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mangrove

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A Middle Eastern-style barbecue (cookout), or the barbecue (grill; cooking apparatus) it is cooked on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Portuguese mangal, from Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”) + Portuguese -al (“-al”)

Borrowed from Turkish mangal, from Arabic مَنْقَل (manqal).

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wortelboommoeras — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Bengali: ম্যানগ্রোভ অরণ্য (mêngrōbh oronno) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Bhojpuri: मैंग्रोव बन (maiṅgrōv ban) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Burmese: လမုတော (la.mu.tau:) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Cebuano: bakhawan — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅樹林 /红树林 (hóngshùlín) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Danish: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Finnish: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Finnish: mangrovemetsä — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Finnish: mangrovesuo — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • French: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • German: Mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Hungarian: Mangroveerdő — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Malay: hutan bakau — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Malay: hutan paya bakau — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Malay: paya bakau — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Persian: جنگل حرا — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Polish: las namorzynowy — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Portuguese: mangue — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Portuguese: manguezal — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Spanish: manglar — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Swedish: mangrove — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Thai: ป่าชายเลน (bpàa-chaai-leen) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Thai: ป่าโกงกาง (bpàa-goong-gaang) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Ukrainian: ма́нгри (mánhry) — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Urdu: مینگروو کے جنگل — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Vietnamese: rừng đước — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Vietnamese: rừng ngập mặn — tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees
  • Arabic: مَنْقَل (manqal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Arabic: مِنْقَل (minqal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Armenian: մանղալ (manġal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Armenian: մաղալ (maġal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Azerbaijani: manqal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Belarusian: манга́л (manhál) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Bulgarian: манга́л (mangál) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • French: mangal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Georgian: მაყალი (maq̇ali) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Greek: μαγκάλι (magkáli) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Indonesian: mangal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Kazakh: мангал (mañal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Kyrgyz: мангал (mangal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Macedonian: мангал (mangal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Pashto: منقل (manqal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Persian: منقل (manqal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Polish: mangal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Romanian: mangal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Russian: манга́л (mangál) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀нгал — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Serbo-Croatian: màngal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Tajik: манқал (manqal) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Turkish: mangal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Ukrainian: манга́л (manhál) — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
  • Uzbek: manqal — Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on
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