jungle

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ See IPA manual

Freq #3143

Meanings

1

noun
A thick tropical forest full of wild plants and animals.

The explorers cut a path through the dense jungle.
2

noun
A place or situation with fierce, ruthless competition.

In business, it's a jungle out there.
3

noun
A confusing, tangled mess of things.

His desk was a jungle of papers and old coffee cups.

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Forms junglesjungly

Derived forms jungledjunglefowljunglelessjunglelikejunglerjunglesidejunglewearjunglewoodjunglismjunglistjunglyjungular

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) / जंगल (jaṅgal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

जङ्गल Sanskrit

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# jungle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
**Frequency rank:** 3143

## Meanings
1. A thick tropical forest full of wild plants and animals.
2. A place or situation with fierce, ruthless competition.
3. A confusing, tangled mess of things.

## Examples
- The explorers cut a path through the dense jungle.
- In business, it's a jungle out there.
- His desk was a jungle of papers and old coffee cups.

## Derived Forms
- jungled
- junglefowl
- jungleless
- junglelike
- jungler
- jungleside
- junglewear
- junglewood
- junglism
- junglist
- jungly
- jungular

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: जङ्गल

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) / जंगल (jaṅgal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

## AI Etymology
Jungle is borrowed from Hindustani جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) / जंगल (jaṅgal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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