Standard Lemma guide

Mangel

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ without æ-raising
  • /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ æ-raising
  • /ˈmɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ æ-raising
  • rhymes with -æŋɡəl
  • homophone: mangle
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For many days the animals had nothing to eat but mangels.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). * As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кръмно цвекло (krǎmno cveklo) — sugar beet
  • Czech: cukrová řepa — sugar beet
  • Finnish: sokerijuurikas — sugar beet
  • Māori: pītihuka — sugar beet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sukkerbete — sugar beet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sukkerroe — sugar beet
  • Russian: кормова́я свёкла (kormovája svjókla) — sugar beet
  • Swedish: sockerbeta — sugar beet
  • Finnish: rehujuurikas — Mangelwurzal
  • Māori: mangawaha — Mangelwurzal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fôrbete — Mangelwurzal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fôrroe — Mangelwurzal