mangle

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• /ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ without æ-raising
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• /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ æ-raising
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• /ˈmɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ æ-raising
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• rhymes with -æŋɡəl
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.

Borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue, probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language.

From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem. Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: преса (presa) — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Czech: mandl — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Dutch: mangel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Dutch: wringer — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Finnish: mankeli — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• French: essoreuse — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• German: Mangel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• German: Wäschemangel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• German: Rollmangel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Hungarian: mángorló — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Italian: mangano — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Polish: maglownica — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Polish: magiel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Romanian: mangăl — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Russian: като́к (katók) — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Spanish: calandria — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Swedish: mangel — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Turkish: mengene — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Ottoman Turkish: منكنه (mengene) — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Ukrainian: кото́к (kotók) — a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
• Bulgarian: обезобразя́вам (obezobrazjávam) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Bulgarian: обезобразя́ (obezobrazjá) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Czech: mrzačit — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Dutch: door de mangel halen — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Dutch: mangelen — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Finnish: ruhjoa — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Finnish: runnoa — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Finnish: murjoa — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• French: mutiler — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• German: verstümmeln — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• German: zerfleischen — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• German: durch die Mangel drehen — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• German: kalandrieren — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• German: zurichten — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Ancient Greek: κνᾰ́πτω (knắptō) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Italian: maciullare — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Italian: dilaniare — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Italian: storpiare — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Latin: discerpō — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Portuguese: mutilar — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Portuguese: desfigurar — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Portuguese: mudar — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Romanian: mutila — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Romanian: desfigura — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Romanian: sfârtica — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: кромса́ть (kromsátʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: по́ртить (pórtitʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: кале́чить (kaléčitʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: уве́чить (uvéčitʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Russian: уро́довать (uródovatʹ) — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Spanish: mutilar — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Spanish: desfigurar — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Spanish: afear — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Spanish: chambonear — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Swedish: mangla — to change, mutilate or disfigure
• Czech: mandlovat — to wring laundry
• Czech: ždímat — to wring laundry
• Dutch: mangelen — to wring laundry
• Finnish: mankeloida — to wring laundry
• French: essorer — to wring laundry
• German: mangeln — to wring laundry
• German: wringen — to wring laundry
• German: auswringen — to wring laundry
• Hungarian: mángorol — to wring laundry
• Polish: maglować — to wring laundry
• Polish: zmaglować — to wring laundry
• Romanian: mangălui — to wring laundry
• Russian: выжима́ть (vyžimátʹ) — to wring laundry
• Swedish: mangla — to wring laundry