mangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English mangelen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem. Compare also Old High German mangolōn (“to suffer loss, be deprived”) (> German mangeln (“to lack, mangle”)).
Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.
Pronunciation
Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
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Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
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Danish
Etymology
From German mangeln (“to lack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /manɡlə/, [ˈmɑŋlə]
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, past participle er/har manglet)
German
Verb
mangle
- First-person singular present of mangeln.
- Imperative singular of mangeln.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.