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mange

noun · 2 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ̯nd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmæɪ̯nd͡ʒ/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈmæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒ]
  • rhymes with -eɪndʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal disease

History

Etymology

From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dupaningan Agta: kitatung — skin disease
  • Arabic: جَرَب (jarab) — skin disease
  • Armenian: քոս (kʻos) — skin disease
  • Aromanian: arãnji — skin disease
  • Aromanian: arãnje — skin disease
  • Aromanian: rãnji — skin disease
  • Aromanian: rãnje — skin disease
  • Belarusian: каро́ста (karósta) — skin disease
  • Bulgarian: кра́ста (krásta) — skin disease
  • Catalan: ronya — skin disease
  • Catalan: sarna — skin disease
  • Czech: prašivina — skin disease
  • Czech: svrab — skin disease
  • Danish: skab — skin disease
  • Dutch: schurft — skin disease
  • Esperanto: skabio — skin disease
  • Finnish: kapi — skin disease
  • French: gale — skin disease
  • Friulian: rogne — skin disease
  • Galician: raña — skin disease
  • Galician: sarna — skin disease
  • Georgian: მუნი (muni) — skin disease
  • German: Krätze — skin disease
  • German: Räude — skin disease
  • German: Grind — skin disease
  • German: Skabies — skin disease
  • German: Tierräude — skin disease
  • Ancient Greek: ψώρα (psṓra) — skin disease
  • Hungarian: rüh — skin disease
  • Irish: claimhe — skin disease
  • Irish: clamh — skin disease
  • Italian: scabbia — skin disease
  • Italian: rogna — skin disease
  • Japanese: 毛包虫症 (mōhōchūshō) — skin disease
  • Central Kurdish: گەڕی (gerrî) — skin disease
  • Latin: sarna — skin disease
  • Macedonian: шуга (šuga) — skin disease
  • Māori: waihakehake — skin disease
  • Norman: maungeüe — skin disease
  • Occitan: ronha — skin disease
  • Plautdietsch: Hunjsfalkrankheit — skin disease
  • Polish: świerzb — skin disease
  • Portuguese: sarna — skin disease
  • Romanian: jigodie — skin disease
  • Romanian: râie — skin disease
  • Romanian: scabie — skin disease
  • Russian: чесо́тка (česótka) — skin disease
  • Serbo-Croatian: šuga — skin disease
  • Serbo-Croatian: svrab — skin disease
  • Lower Sorbian: swjerbota — skin disease
  • Lower Sorbian: drapawa — skin disease
  • Lower Sorbian: parch — skin disease
  • Southern Altai: кодур (kodur) — skin disease
  • Southern Altai: јел курты (ǰel kurtï) — skin disease
  • Spanish: sarna — skin disease
  • Spanish: roña — skin disease
  • Swedish: skabb — skin disease
  • Tagalog: dusdos — skin disease
  • Tibetan: རྔོ (rngo) — skin disease
  • Turkish: uyuz — skin disease
  • Ukrainian: коро́ста (korósta) — skin disease
  • Venetan: rogna — skin disease
  • Venetan: gratoxa — skin disease
  • Welsh: mans — skin disease
  • Welsh: mansh — skin disease
  • Welsh: clafr — skin disease
  • Welsh: clawr — skin disease
  • Yiddish: פּאַרך (parkh) — skin disease
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