name · noun · 4 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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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəː/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəː]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trough
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: container
Narrower terms: bunk, feed bunk
History
Etymology
From Middle English manger, from Old French mangeoire, menjoere, from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger). Cognate with Galician manxadoira, Italian mangiatoia, Occitan manjadoira, French mangeoire.
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
lug
— trough for animals to eat from
Albanian:
koritë
— trough for animals to eat from
Armenian:
կերատաշտ
(keratašt)
— trough for animals to eat from
Armenian:
մսուր
(msur)
— trough for animals to eat from
Braj:
लड़ामनी
(laṛāmnī)
— trough for animals to eat from
Bulgarian:
храни́лка
(hranílka)
— trough for animals to eat from
Bulgarian:
ясли
(jasli)
— trough for animals to eat from
Catalan:
menjadora
— trough for animals to eat from
Chinese Mandarin:
食槽
(shícáo)
— trough for animals to eat from
Chinese Mandarin:
飼槽 /饲槽
(sìcáo)
— trough for animals to eat from
Chinese Mandarin:
槽
(cáo)
— trough for animals to eat from
Chinese Mandarin:
馬槽 /马槽
(mǎcáo)
— trough for animals to eat from
Czech:
koryto
— trough for animals to eat from
Czech:
žlab
— trough for animals to eat from
Dutch:
kribbe
— trough for animals to eat from
Esperanto:
kripo
— trough for animals to eat from
Esperanto:
staltrogo
— trough for animals to eat from
Estonian:
sõim
— trough for animals to eat from
Estonian:
küna
— trough for animals to eat from
Estonian:
mold
— trough for animals to eat from
Finnish:
kaukalo
— trough for animals to eat from
Finnish:
seimi
— trough for animals to eat from
French:
mangeoire
— trough for animals to eat from
Galician:
maseira
— trough for animals to eat from
Galician:
manxadoira
— trough for animals to eat from
Galician:
presebe
— trough for animals to eat from
Galician:
cambeleira
— trough for animals to eat from
Georgian:
ბაგა
(baga)
— trough for animals to eat from
German:
Krippe
— trough for animals to eat from
German:
Trog
— trough for animals to eat from
Gothic:
𐌿𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌰
(uzēta)
— trough for animals to eat from
Greek:
παχνί
(pachní)
— trough for animals to eat from
Greek:
φάτνη
(fátni)
— trough for animals to eat from
Ancient Greek:
φάτνη
(phátnē)
— trough for animals to eat from
Ancient Greek:
κάπη
(kápē)
— trough for animals to eat from
Gujarati:
ગભાણ
(gabhāṇ)
— trough for animals to eat from
Gujarati:
ગમાણ
(gamāṇ)
— trough for animals to eat from
Hebrew:
אבוס
(avos)
— trough for animals to eat from
Hindi:
लड़ामनी
(laṛāmnī)
— trough for animals to eat from
Hungarian:
jászol
— trough for animals to eat from
Icelandic:
jata
— trough for animals to eat from
Ingrian:
soimi
— trough for animals to eat from
Italian:
mangiatoia
— trough for animals to eat from
Gamale Kham:
ताँद
(tā̃da)
— trough for animals to eat from
Korean:
구유
(guyu)
— trough for animals to eat from
Central Kurdish:
ئاخوڕ
(axurr)
— trough for animals to eat from
Northern Kurdish:
afir
— trough for animals to eat from
Lao:
ຮາງຫຍ້າ
(hāng nyā)
— trough for animals to eat from
Latin:
praesaepium
— trough for animals to eat from
Latin:
alveus
— trough for animals to eat from
Middle English:
manger
— trough for animals to eat from
Norwegian Bokmål:
krybbe
— trough for animals to eat from
Plautdietsch:
Kjrebb
— trough for animals to eat from
Polish:
żłób
— trough for animals to eat from
Portuguese:
manjedoura
— trough for animals to eat from
Romanian:
iesle
— trough for animals to eat from
Russian:
корму́шка
(kormúška)
— trough for animals to eat from
Russian:
я́сли
(jásli)
— trough for animals to eat from
Serbo-Croatian:
jasle
— trough for animals to eat from
Shan:
ႁၢင်းဝူဝ်း
(háang wó)
— trough for animals to eat from
Slovak:
koryto
— trough for animals to eat from
Slovak:
válov
— trough for animals to eat from
Slovak:
hrant
— trough for animals to eat from
Slovene:
jasli
— trough for animals to eat from
Slovene:
korito
— trough for animals to eat from
Spanish:
pesebre
— trough for animals to eat from
Swedish:
krubba
— trough for animals to eat from
Tai Dam:
ꪭꪱꪉꪐ꫁ꪱ
— trough for animals to eat from
Thai:
รางหญ้า
— trough for animals to eat from
Northern Thai:
ᩁᩣ᩠ᨦᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ
— trough for animals to eat from
Turkish:
yemlik
— trough for animals to eat from
Ukrainian:
годівни́ця
(hodivnýcja)
— trough for animals to eat from
Ukrainian:
я́сла
(jásla)
— trough for animals to eat from
Ukrainian:
жо́лоб
(žólob)
— trough for animals to eat from
Walloon:
crepe
— trough for animals to eat from
Walloon:
stamonêye
— trough for animals to eat from
Walloon:
stamonire
— trough for animals to eat from