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manger

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]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈmæɪ̯n.d͡ʒəː/
  • Australian: [ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n.d͡ʒəː] ~ [ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n.d͡ʒɐ̝ː]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒɚ/
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒɚ] ~ [ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒɹ̩]
  • rhymes with -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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 trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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