mongrel
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).
Base: mong
Affixes: -rel
Inflected forms:
form: mongrels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Anything of mixed kind.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
often
examples: That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
gloss: Anything of mixed kind.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
ethnic
offensive
often
slur
examples: The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less frizzly hair of the Papuans preponderates.
gloss: A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
slang
examples: "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.
gloss: An erect penis; an erection.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
gloss: Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.
a mongrel dog
America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.
Related words: among
Derived words: mongreldom
mongrelhood
mongrelisation
mongrelise
mongrelish
mongrelism
mongrelity
mongrelization
mongrelize
mongrelly
mongrelness
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: هَجِين
roman: hajīn
lang: Bulgarian
word: мелез
roman: melez
lang: Catalan
word: bastard
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 雜種 /杂种
roman: zázhǒng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 混血兒 /混血儿
roman: hùnxuèr
lang: Danish
word: køter
lang: Dutch
word: bastaard
lang: Dutch
word: vuilnisbakkenras
lang: Dutch
word: mormel
lang: Esperanto
word: senrasa
lang: Finnish
word: rakki
lang: Finnish
word: piski
lang: Finnish
word: sekasikiö
lang: French
word: bâtard
lang: French
word: corniaud
lang: French
word: métis
lang: French
word: métisse
lang: Galician
word: can de palleiro
lang: German
word: Mischling
lang: German
word: Mischlingshund
lang: German
word: Promenadenmischung
lang: German
word: Kreuzung
lang: German
word: Bastard
lang: German
word: Straßenköter
lang: Greek
word: μιξογενής
roman: mixogenís
lang: Greek
word: μιγάς
roman: migás
lang: Hebrew
word: מְעֹרָב
roman: m'oráv
lang: Hindi
word: दोग़ला
roman: doġlā
lang: Hungarian
word: keverék
lang: Hungarian
word: korcs
lang: Ido
word: hibrido
lang: Irish
word: crosanta
lang: Italian
word: bastardo
lang: Italian
word: bastardino
lang: Japanese
word: 雑種
roman: zasshu
lang: Japanese
word: ハーフ
roman: hāfu
lang: Japanese
word: 混血児
roman: konketsuji
lang: Latin
word: hibrida
lang: Macedonian
word: мелез
roman: melez
lang: Macedonian
word: џуке́ла
roman: džukéla
lang: Macedonian
word: лангач
roman: langač
lang: Māori
word: peropero
lang: Māori
word: kurī peropero
lang: Māori
word: mangarū
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjøter
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjøter
lang: Polish
word: kundel
lang: Polish
word: mieszaniec
lang: Portuguese
word: vira-lata
lang: Portuguese
word: rafeiro
lang: Romanian
word: corcitură
lang: Russian
word: дворня́га
roman: dvornjága
lang: Russian
word: дворня́жка
roman: dvornjážka
lang: Russian
word: мети́с
roman: metís
lang: Russian
word: мети́ска
roman: metíska
lang: Russian
word: полукро́вка
roman: polukróvka
lang: Russian
word: сме́сок
roman: smésok
lang: Sicilian
word: cani di mannra
lang: Spanish
word: perro mestizo
lang: Spanish
word: cacri
lang: Spanish
word: comecuandohay
lang: Spanish
word: comecuanduay
lang: Spanish
word: chucho
lang: Spanish
word: chumino
lang: Spanish
word: chusco
lang: Spanish
word: gozque
lang: Spanish
word: mil leches
lang: Spanish
word: perro aguacatero
lang: Spanish
word: perro criollo
lang: Spanish
word: perro cruzado
lang: Spanish
word: perro corriente
lang: Spanish
word: PP
lang: Spanish
word: quiltro
lang: Spanish
word: sato
lang: Spanish
word: tinaquero
lang: Spanish
word: zaguate
lang: Spanish
word: misti
lang: Swedish
word: byracka
lang: Swedish
word: gatukorsning
lang: Swedish
word: blandrashund
lang: Thai
word: พันทาง
roman: pan-taang
lang: Turkish
word: kırma
lang: Turkish
word: melez
lang: Urdu
word: دوغْلَا
roman: doġlā