monger

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌŋɡə/
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• General-American: /ˈmʌŋɡəɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈmɑŋ-/
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• rhymes with -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 NG G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from Middle English mongere, mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Old English mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī (“dealer, merchant, monger”), from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”) + Proto-West Germanic *-ārī (suffix forming agent nouns, especially denoting occupations). The further etymology of mangō is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”), from μάγγᾰνον (mángănon, “means of bewitching, charm, philtre”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meng- (“to dress, embellish, trim”); or from Arabic ن ج ل (n j l, root relating to pouring out or thrusting)) + -εύω (-eúō, suffix forming denominative verbs of activity or condition). * From Latin *manicō, *manigō (“deal, trade; to handle, manage (?)”), from manus (“hand”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2- (“to beckon, signal”), or *mon-u-. The verb is either derived from the noun, or is a back-formation from mongering (adjective or noun).

Origin uncertain, possibly from monger (“dealer or trader in a specific commodity”) (etymology 1); or related to Middle English mangbot (“type of fishing boat used on the Thames”).

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: mercader — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Catalan: mercadera — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Chinese Mandarin: 贩子 (fànzi) — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Dutch: handelaar — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Finnish: kauppias — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• French: marchand — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• German: Händler — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• German: Krämer — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• German: Verkäufer — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Irish: mangaire — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Irish: ceannaí — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Italian: venditore — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Japanese: 屋 (ya) — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Latin: mangō — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Polish: handlarz — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Polish: handlarka — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Portuguese: mercador — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Spanish: mercader — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Swedish: månglare — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Turkish: tüccar — dealer or trader in a specific commodity
• Finnish: kaupustelija — person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing
• Finnish: lietsoja — person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing
• Polish: propagator — person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing
• Polish: propagatorka — person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing
• Polish: handlować — to deal in, peddle, or sell (something) (cognates) — see also peddle, sell
• Swedish: mångla — to deal in, peddle, or sell (something) (cognates) — see also peddle, sell