fango
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæŋɡəʊ/
Noun
fango (uncountable)
- Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.
Anagrams
- ganof
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fango and Spanish fango. Contrast Esperanto koto.
Noun
fango (plural fangi)
- mud, mire
Italian
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, from Gothic *𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*fagga, “mud, addle, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (“wetness, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *penk- (“mud, rot, filth”).
Cognate with French fange (“mud, mire”) (from Germanic), German feucht (“moist, damp”), Dutch vocht (“moisture, humidity”), Old English fūht (“moist, damp”), Swedish fukt (“moisture, humidity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfan.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Hyphenation: fàn‧go
Noun
fango m (plural fanghi)
- mud
- (mining) sludge
Derived terms
- infangare
Related terms
- fangoso
Descendants
- → English: fango
Further reading
- fango in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- fogna
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fango.
Noun
fango n (plural fangouri)
- fango
Declension
Declension of fango
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) fango | fangoul | (niște) fangouri | fangourile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) fango | fangoului | (unor) fangouri | fangourilor |
| vocative | fangoule | fangourilor | ||
References
- fango in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan fang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfanɡo/ [ˈfãŋ.ɡo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -anɡo
- Syllabification: fan‧go
Noun
fango m (plural fangos)
- mud (soil and water)
- Synonyms: barro, lodo
Derived terms
- guardafangos
Further reading
- “fango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014