mongoose

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• UK: /ˈmɒŋ.ɡuːs/
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• US: /ˈmɑŋ.ɡus/
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• US: /ˈmʌŋ.ɡus/
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• Australian: /ˈmɔŋ.ɡʉːs/
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• South-Asia: /məŋ.ɡus/
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• South-Asia: /mʊŋ.ɡus/
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First attested in the 1690s. Borrowed from Portuguese manguço, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭 (muṃgusa). Ultimately a Dravidian borrowing (compare Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa)), from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc- (“mongoose”). Spelling altered by folk-etymological association with goose. Displaced native Old English nǣderbita (literally “snake biter”).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: muishond — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Arabic: نِمْس (nims) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Arabic: نمس (nims) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Armenian: մանգուստ (mangust) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Assamese: নেউল (neul) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Azerbaijani: manqustlar — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Basque: mangosta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Belarusian: мангу́ст (manhúst) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Bhojpuri: नेऊर (nēūr) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Bulgarian: мангу́ста (mangústa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Burmese: မြွေပါ (mrwepa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Catalan: mangosta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Cerma: kogonnisacɔdɔrɔ — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 獴 (měng) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓鼬 /猫鼬 (māoyòu) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Czech: mangusta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Czech: promyka — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Czech: surikata — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Dutch: mangoeste — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Esperanto: herpesto — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Esperanto: mungoto — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Estonian: mangust — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Finnish: mangusti — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Finnish: faaraorotta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• French: mangouste — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Galician: mangosta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• German: Manguste — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• German: Mungo — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Greek: μαγκούστα (magkoústa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Ancient Greek: ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Gujarati: નોળિયો (noḷiyo) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hawaiian: manakuke — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hebrew: נְמִיָּה (nemiyá) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hindi: नेवला (nevlā) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hungarian: mongúz — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hungarian: mungó — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Hungarian: manguszta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Ido: mangusto — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Indonesian: garangan — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Indonesian: cerpelai — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Irish: mongús — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Italian: mangusta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Japanese: マングース (mangūsu) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Japanese: 猫鼬 (nekoitachi) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Javanese: garangan — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Karang: nzi̧w — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Kashmiri: نوٗل (nūl) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Khmer: សត្វស្កា (satvoskaa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Kodava: ಕೀರಿ (kīri) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Korean: 몽구스 (mongguseu) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Lao: ຈອນພອນ (chǭn phǭn) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Lithuanian: mangusta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Malay: cerpelai — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Malay: bambun — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Malayalam: കീരി (kīri) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Marathi: मुंगूस (muṅgūs) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Mon: ဇၞးဇာတ် — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Mongolian: үхэр хулгана (üxer xulgana) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Nepali: न्याउरी (nyāurī) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: mungo — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Old English: nǣderbita — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Pali: nol (xadang) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Pashto: نولی (nolē) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Persian: خدنگ (xadang) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Polish: mangusta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Portuguese: manguço — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀉𑀮 (ṇaüla) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Punjabi: ਨਿਓਲਾ (niolā) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Romanian: mangustă — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Russian: мангу́ст (mangúst) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Sanskrit: नकुल (nakulá) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Senoufo Djimini: cɔnnjɔngɔ — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Serbo-Croatian: mungos — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Shona: jerenyenje — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Slovene: mungo — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Spanish: mangosta — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Sundanese: ᮜᮞᮥᮔ᮪ (lasun) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Swahili: nguchiro — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Swedish: mungo — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Swedish: mangust — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Tamil: கீரி (kīri) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Tamil: கீரிப்பிள்ளை (kīrippiḷḷai) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Telugu: ముంగిస (muṅgisa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Thai: พังพอน (pang-pɔɔn) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Tocharian B: nakūle — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Turkish: firavun faresi — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Turkish: kuyruksüren — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Ukrainian: мангу́ста (manhústa) — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Vietnamese: (cầy) mangut — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Volapük: mungud — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Welsh: mongŵs — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Wolof: sikkóor bi — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Yoruba: agbókotọ́yà — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Yoruba: kẹ́kẹ́ — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Yoruba: ayẹ̀ — small carnivore of the family Herpestidae
• Finnish: madagaskarinmangusti — any species of Malagasy mongoose
• Polish: galidia — any species of Malagasy mongoose