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mangel

/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
man-gel
IPA
/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

noun

The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.

noun

A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Mangels (plural)

Phrases

mangel beet

Homonyms

mangle

Rhymes With

stangel langel angle triangle tangle strangle dangle wrangle untangle bangle mangle jangle

Questions

How do you pronounce mangel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/.
What does mangel mean?
A surname from German.
Where does mangel come from?
It is traced to German.

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