cangue

cangue

English

Etymology

From French cangue, from Portuguese canga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

cangue (plural cangues)

1. A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.

Translations

heavy wooden collar or yoke

Chinese: Mandarin: 枷 (zh) (jiā), 木枷 (mùjiā), 枷鎖／枷锁 (zh) (jiāsuǒ) Finnish: häpeälauta Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: gông (vi)

Anagrams

• uncage

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French

Noun

cangue f (plural cangues)

1. cangue

Further reading

• “cangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.