# manga
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑŋɡə/, /ˈmæŋɡə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, -æŋɡə
* Hyphenation: man‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

#### Noun

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)
* (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
** 2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.
** 2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.
** 2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).
* (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
* (countable, loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
    Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manga.

##### Alternative forms

* mangwa (obsolete)

##### Hyponyms

* doujinshi (“independent or fan-produced manga”)

##### Derived terms

* animanga
* la nouvelle manga
* manga mark

##### Related terms

* mangaka

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

* anime (“Japanese animation”)

#### Further reading

* manga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

#### Noun

manga (plural mangas)
* (Christianity) A covering for a crucifix.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

manga (plural mangas)
* Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”).

### Etymology 4

Short for mangalitsa.

#### Noun

manga (plural mangas)
* A mangalitsa pig.

### Anagrams

* Magan, magna

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin manica.

### Noun

manga f (plural mangues)
* sleeve

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmaŋ.ɡə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]

### Noun

manga m (plural mangues)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɑŋɡ̊a]

### Noun

manga
* (countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer. ― I believe they have read far too many mangas.

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑŋ.ɡaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: man‧ga

### Etymology 1

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

#### Noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)
* (comics) manga

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay mangga.

#### Noun

manga m (plural manga's)
* (dated, Indonesia) mango
    Synonyms: mango, manja
* (dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica

##### Derived terms

* mangaboom

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑŋːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑ
* Hyphenation: man‧ga

### Noun

manga
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of manga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mangani
mangani
accusative
nom.
mangani
mangani
gen.
mangani
genitive
mangani
mangojeni mangaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mangaani
mangojani
inessive
mangassani
mangoissani
elative
mangastani
mangoistani
illative
mangaani
mangoihini
adessive
mangallani
mangoillani
ablative
mangaltani
mangoiltani
allative
mangalleni
mangoilleni
essive
manganani
mangoinani
translative
mangakseni
mangoikseni
abessive
mangattani
mangoittani
instructive
comitative
—mangoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mangasi
mangasi
accusative
nom.
mangasi
mangasi
gen.
mangasi
genitive
mangasi
mangojesi mangaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mangaasi
mangojasi
inessive
mangassasi
mangoissasi
elative
mangastasi
mangoistasi
illative
mangaasi
mangoihisi
adessive
mangallasi
mangoillasi
ablative
mangaltasi
mangoiltasi
allative
mangallesi
mangoillesi
essive
manganasi
mangoinasi
translative
mangaksesi
mangoiksesi
abessive
mangattasi
mangoittasi
instructive
comitative
—mangoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mangamme
mangamme
accusative
nom.
mangamme
mangamme
gen.
mangamme
genitive
mangamme
mangojemme mangaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mangaamme
mangojamme
inessive
mangassamme
mangoissamme
elative
mangastamme
mangoistamme
illative
mangaamme
mangoihimme
adessive
mangallamme
mangoillamme
ablative
mangaltamme
mangoiltamme
allative
mangallemme
mangoillemme
essive
manganamme
mangoinamme
translative
mangaksemme
mangoiksemme
abessive
mangattamme
mangoittamme
instructive
comitative
—mangoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manganne
manganne
accusative
nom.
manganne
manganne
gen.
manganne
genitive
manganne
mangojenne mangainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mangaanne
mangojanne
inessive
mangassanne
mangoissanne
elative
mangastanne
mangoistanne
illative
mangaanne
mangoihinne
adessive
mangallanne
mangoillanne
ablative
mangaltanne
mangoiltanne
allative
mangallenne
mangoillenne
essive
mangananne
mangoinanne
translative
mangaksenne
mangoiksenne
abessive
mangattanne
mangoittanne
instructive
comitative
—mangoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mangansa
mangansa
accusative
nom.
mangansa
mangansa
gen.
mangansa
genitive
mangansa
mangojensa mangainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mangaansa
mangojaan mangojansa
inessive
mangassaan mangassansa
mangoissaan mangoissansa
elative
mangastaan mangastansa
mangoistaan mangoistansa
illative
mangaansa
mangoihinsa
adessive
mangallaan mangallansa
mangoillaan mangoillansa
ablative
mangaltaan mangaltansa
mangoiltaan mangoiltansa
allative
mangalleen mangallensa
mangoilleen mangoillensa
essive
manganaan manganansa
mangoinaan mangoinansa
translative
mangakseen mangaksensa
mangoikseen mangoiksensa
abessive
mangattaan mangattansa
mangoittaan mangoittansa
instructive
comitative
—mangoineen mangoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mangasarjakuva

### Further reading

* “manga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* magna

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga). Doublet of manhwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: mangas

### Noun

manga m (plural mangas)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hypernym: bande dessinée
    Coordinate terms: manhwa, manhua
** 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:Hiromu Arakawa est une jeune mangaka débutante quand elle envoie son premier projet chez un éditeur. L’histoire courte deviendra FullMetal Alchemist, un des mangas les plus vendus au Japon : 12 millions d’exemplaires !Hiromu Arakawa was a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!
** 2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:Osamu Tezuka est le plus grand dessinateur de manga. De 1947 à 1989, il dessine 150000 pages et crée d’innombrable séries : Astro Boy, le roi Léo, Metropolis, BlackJack, Les trois Adolf, Ayako, Phénix […]Osamu Tezuka was the greatest manga artist. From 1947 to 1989, he drew 150,000 pages and created countless series: Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Black Jack, Message to Adolf, Ayako, Phoenix…

#### Related terms

* mangaka

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ɡɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ɡɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈmaŋħa/ [ˈmɑ̃ŋ.ħɐ]
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Rhymes: -aŋħa

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese manga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin manica.

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* sleeve
* (nautical) beam

##### Related terms

* mangueira

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* mango (fruit)
    Botoulle manga á ensalada ― She added some mango to her salad.

##### Related terms

* mangueira

### Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

#### Noun

manga m (plural mangas)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

manga
* inflection of mangar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ŋa/

### Noun

manga
* (Yuwaalaraay) ear
    Synonym: bina

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Adverb

manga
* many

## Hanunoo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ma‧nga

### Particle

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)
* Alternative form of mga

### Adverb

manga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)
* Alternative form of mga

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (standard) /ˈman.ɡa/
* IPA: (common) /ˈma.ŋa/
* Hyphenation: man‧ga

### Noun

manga
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Coordinate terms: manhua, manhwa

#### Derived terms

* manga yonkoma

#### Related terms

* mangaka

#### See also

* anime (“Japanese animation”)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Hyphenation: màn‧ga

### Noun

manga m (invariable)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

### References

* ↑ manga in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* magna

## Japanese
### Romanization

manga
* Rōmaji transcription of まんが
* Rōmaji transcription of マンガ

## Jingpho
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Nuosu ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Eastern Min 五 (ngô, ngū).

### Numeral

manga
* five

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* (Japanese-based) IPA: [maŋ.ɡa]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
* (Baku) IPA: [ma.ŋa]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -ŋa, -a
* Hyphenation: ma‧nga

### Noun

manga (Jawi spelling ماڠا)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hyponym: komik

## Maori
### Noun

manga
* stream, creek

## Nias
### Verb

manga
* imperfective of a (“to eat”)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin manica, from manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-.

### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* (clothing) sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 399:Et elle, quando esto oyu, empero que estaua muy mal ferido de morte, alynpou a cara cõna manga da loriga, et tomou a espada cõ ãbaslas mãos, coydandolle dar per çima da cabeça, et errouo et deulle hũu grã golpe eno caualo, atã grãde que lle cortou os narizes mesturado cõnas redeas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* mangueira

#### Descendants

* Fala: manga
* Galician: manga
* Portuguese: manga

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “manga”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “manga”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon mangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mangōn.

### Verb

manga
* to barter, chaffer

#### Related terms

* mang n
* mangari m

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: manga
* Swedish: många

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “manga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaŋ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Syllabification: man‧ga

### Noun

manga f
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
    Hypernym: komiks
    Coordinate term: anime

#### Derived terms

* mangowiec

#### Related terms

* mangaka

### Further reading

* manga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* manga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
* Hyphenation: man‧ga

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese manga, from Latin manica. Cognate with Spanish manga, French manche. Doublet of Mancha.

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* sleeve
* pipe

##### Derived terms

* manguito

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from either Malay mangga or Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* mango (fruit)
* mango (tree)
    Synonym: mangueira

##### Derived terms

* manga Alphonso
* manga espada
* manga maçã
* manga rosa

##### Descendants

* → Araweté: mãka
* → English: mango, manga (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
* → Galician: manga
* → Guajajára: màg
* → Hunsrik: Manga
* → Middle French: manga
** French: mangue
* → Nheengatu: manga
* → Spanish: manga

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

#### Noun

manga m or f (plural mangas)
* (chiefly Portugal) (comics) manga (comic made in Japanese)
    Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) mangá

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

manga
* inflection of mangar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “manga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “manga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanɡa/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Syllabification: man‧ga

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin manica, cognate with Portuguese manga, French manche.

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* sleeve
* (tennis) set
    Synonyms: set, parcial

##### Derived terms

* a buenas horas mangas verdes
* arremangar
* as bajo la manga
* bajo manga
* chupamangas
* corte de manga
* corte de mangas
* estar de manga
* gentilhombre de manga
* hacer mangas y capirotes
* horno de manga
* manga ancha
* manga de agua
* manga de ángel
* manga de viento
* manga pastelera
* manga por hombro
* manguera
* pegar las mangas
* remangar
* sacar de la manga
* tener la manga ancha
* tirar la manga

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese.

#### Noun

manga m (plural mangas)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

manga
* inflection of mangar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Portuguese manga.

#### Noun

manga f (plural mangas)
* mango tree
* a type of mango (fruit)

### Further reading

* “manga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maŋ.ɡa/

### Noun

manga c
* (countable, uncountable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)
* (dated) hentai
    Synonym: hentai
* (dated) anime
    Synonym: anime

#### See also

* anime

### References

* manga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* manga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* manga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Magna

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ma‧nga

### Particle

mangá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)
* Archaic spelling of mga.

### Anagrams

* magna, mag- -an, maang

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Italian banco (bench, sitting row, benches where rowers would sit in ships), originally a naval term, later becoming a group or assembly of sailors (often with the additional meaning of a mess or meal assembly), started being used by the army by 20th century latest.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

#### Noun

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)
* (military) A squad of 10 soldiers.
* (military) Sleeping quarters for sailors in warships.
* (figurative) A group of people, crowd.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑŋ.ɡɑ/

#### Noun

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)
* (comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “manga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “manga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From man +‎ -ga.

### Noun

manga
* cow