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A young boy reading Black Cat in a bookstore.

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画 (manga), from 漫 (man-, “random, uncontrolled”) + 画 (-ga, “picture, sketch”). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

(GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑŋgə/, /'mæŋg‌ə/, X-SAMPA: /"m{Ng@/
Hyphenation: man‧ga
Rhymes: -æŋɡə

Noun

manga (countable and uncountable; plural manga or mangas)

(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) A comic originating in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
(rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

Translations

comic originated in Japan

Arabic: مانغا (ar) (māngā, mānġā, manga, manġa) f, (Egyptian spelling) منجا (ar) (manga) f
Armenian: մանգա (hy) (manga)
Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) f
Bengali: মাঙ্গা (bn) (manga)
Bulgarian: манга (bg) (mánga) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 漫畫 (cmn), 漫画 (cmn) (mànhuà), 日本漫畫 (cmn), 日本漫画 (cmn) (Rìběn mànhuà)
Czech: manga (cs) f
Dutch: manga (nl)
Finnish: manga (fi)
French: manga (fr) m
Georgian: მანგა (ka) (manga)
German: Manga (de) m
Greek: μάνγκα (el) (mánga) f
Hebrew: המנגה (he) (manga) f
Hindi: मैंगा (hi) (maiṅgā), मंगा (hi) (maṅgā)
Indonesian: manga (id)
Italian: manga (it) m
Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), まんが (ja) (manga)
Korean: 만화 (ko) (manhwa) (漫畫, 漫画)
Latvian: manga (lv) f

Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f
Malay: manga (ms)
Marathi: मांगा (mr) (maṃga)
Mongolian: манга (mn) (manga)
Persian: مانگا (fa) (mângâ)
Polish: manga (pl) f
Portuguese: mangá (pt) m
Russian: манга (ru) (mánga) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: манга (sh) f

Roman: manga (sh) f
Slovak: manga (sk) f
Slovene: manga (sl) f
Spanish: manga (es) f
Swedish: manga (sv) c
Tagalog: manga (tl)
Thai: มังงะ (th) (mang ngá)
Turkish: manga (tr)
Ukrainian: манґа (uk) (mánga) f , манга (uk) (mánha, mánga) f
Urdu: منگا (ur) (mangā)
Vietnamese: manga (vi), mạn họa (vi) (漫畫 (vi))

comic done in Japanese style

Arabic: مانغا (ar) (manga, mangha) f, (Egyptian spelling) منجا (ar) (manga) f
Belarusian: манга (be) (mánha) f
Bulgarian: манга (bg) (mánga) f
Catalan: manga (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 漫畫 (cmn), 漫画 (cmn) (mànhuà), 日本漫畫 (cmn), 日本漫画 (cmn) (Rìběn mànhuà)
Dutch: manga (nl)
Finnish: manga (fi)
French: manga (fr) m
German: Manga (de) m
Italian: manga (it) m
Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), まんが (ja) (manga), コミック (ja) (komikku), コミックス (ja) (komikkusu)

Korean: 일본 만화 (ko) (Ilbon manhwa), 망가 (ko) (mangga)
Latvian: manga (lv) f
Lithuanian: manga (lt) f
Macedonian: манга (mk) (mánga) f
Marathi: मांगा (mr) (maṃga)
Polish: manga (pl) f
Portuguese: mangá (pt) f (Brazil), manga (pt) f (Portugal)
Russian: манга (ru) (mánga) f , японские комиксы (ru) (japónskije kómiksy) m pl
Spanish: manga (es) f
Swedish: manga (sv) c
Ukrainian: манґа (uk) (mánga) f , манга (uk) (mánha, mánga) f
Vietnamese: mạn họa (vi) (漫畫 (vi)), manga (vi)

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