mangle
French, noun\mɑ̃ɡl\
mangle is spelled M-A-N-G-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mangle is a French feminine noun meaning “mangrove (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du manglier”.
What does mangle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemangrove (fruit)
- 2
femininemangle (device)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du manglier. 2. Manglier, palétuvier. 3. Nom vernaculaire de Machaerium lunatum, arbuste épineux de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), originaire de la zone intertropicale d’Amérique et d’Afrique. Il est connu en Guyane sous le nom d’amourette et dans divers pays d’Amérique du Sud sous le nom de palo de hoz.
noun: 1. Lisseuse à deux ou plusieurs cylindres utilisée dans l’industrie papetière ; calandre. 2. Calandre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mangle
- mangles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mangle?
- \mɑ̃ɡl\
- [mɑ̃ɡl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mangle in French?
mangle appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).