mango

B2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

UK /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ See IPA manual

Freq #11903

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1

noun
A sweet, juicy tropical fruit with yellow or orange flesh and a large seed.

She sliced a ripe mango for breakfast.
2

noun
The tropical tree that produces this fruit.

The children played in the shade of a tall mango.

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2 noun · the tropical tree that... mango tree

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Forms mangoesmangos

Derived forms bandangomango-birdmangoademangoeymangolikemangonadamangophilemangoritamangotinimangotoxin

Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

മാങ്ങ ml மாங்காய் ta mangga ms

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# mango

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/
**Frequency rank:** 11903

## Meanings
1. A sweet, juicy tropical fruit with yellow or orange flesh and a large seed.
2. The tropical tree that produces this fruit.

## Examples
- She sliced a ripe mango for breakfast.
- The children played in the shade of a tall mango.

## Derived Forms
- bandango
- mango-bird
- mangoade
- mangoey
- mangolike
- mangonada
- mangophile
- mangorita
- mangotini
- mangotoxin

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: മാങ്ങ
- Root: மாங்காய்
- Root: mangga

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

## AI Etymology
Mango was borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain. In present-day English its meanings include a sweet, juicy tropical fruit with yellow or orange flesh and a large seed and the tropical tree that produces this fruit. The historical chain runs through മാങ്ങ (ml), மாங்காய் (ta), and mangga (ms). Related and derived forms include bandango, mango-bird, and mangoade.

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- Plants & Agriculture

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