mangier

English

Adjective

mangier

  1. comparative form of mangy: more mangy

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

mangier

  1. alternative form of manger

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mangier. Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. The stressed stem mangeü- comes from Old french (see below).

Pronunciation

  • (Cotentin) IPA(key): /mãʊ̃.ʒi/
  • (Cotentin, partially) IPA(key): /mãʊ̃.ʒji/
  • (Cotentin, partially) IPA(key): /muʊ.ʒi/
  • (Pays de Caux, Pays de Bray, Rouen) IPA(key): /mã.ʒe/
  • (Pays de Bray partially ; Guernesey, Jersey) IPA(key): /mã.ʒje/

Verb

mangier

  1. (transitive) to eat
    Enhui, nos mangeâmes de la chair oû souper.
    Today, we ate some meat for dinner.
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 519:
      I' peut mànger sa gâche dorâïe des daeux bords.
      He can eat his cake buttered on both sides.
  2. (intransitive) to eat
    Il mangeüe ben pus de goule que d’autre seit !
    It's strange that I don't eat anything.
    Mangier vîtement.
    To eat quickly.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • mâquier (Pays de Caux, Pays de Bray, Rouen, partially in Cotentin)
  • mougier (Cotentin, partially in Pays d'Auge)

Noun

mangier m (plural mangiers)

  1. food, foodstuff.
    Du blanc-mangier.
    (Kind of porridge, literally "white-food")

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. The stressed stem menju- is rather formed by analogy with the infinitive stem mang-, instead of expected *mandu-.

    Pronunciation

    • (classical) IPA(key): /manˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/
    • (late) IPA(key): /manˈʒ(j)eɾ/

    Verb

    mangier

    1. to eat (consume food)

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem menju distinct from the unstressed stem mang. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Noun

    mangier oblique singularm (oblique plural mangiers, nominative singular mangiers, nominative plural mangier)

    1. food; nourishment

    Descendants

    • Bourguignon: mainger
      Morvandiau: miger
    • Franc-Comtois: maindgie
    • Middle French: manger
      • French: manger (see there for further descendants)
    • Gallo: manjë
    • Lorrain: mingi
    • Norman: mangier
      Northern Cotentin: mougier
    • Picard: minger
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: menjhàe, mignàe
    • Walloon: migner, magnî
    • Italian: mangiare, mangiar (apocopic), magnare (archaic, now dialectal)
    • Portuguese: manjar
    • Spanish: manjar