mangel

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
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/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ · /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ · /ˈmɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

Definition of mangel

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from German.
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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.
    “For many days the animals had nothing to eat but mangels.”

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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…

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* 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.

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