English Explanatory Dictionary

Mangel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.
noun
  1. The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.
  2. A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ /ˈmɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

Word forms

Mangel Mangels

Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). * As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

Derived words

mangel beet

Translations

Finnish: rehujuurikas Māori: mangawaha Norwegian Bokmål: fôrbete Norwegian Bokmål: fôrroe
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