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mangrove

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See also: Mangrove

English

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A red mangrove growing in shallow water (Rhizophora mangle)

Etymology

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Circa 1610, corruption of earlier mangrow by folk etymology influence of grove, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle (or directly from Spanish), from a Caribbean language, possibly Taíno, another Arawakan language, or a Cariban language.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mangrove (plural mangroves)

  1. Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in intertidal coastal brackish waters.
    • 2024 September 5, Camilo Freedman, “The vanishing mangroves of El Salvador: ‘All our efforts may only slow the destruction’”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      This lush forest, just a few miles from the Guatemalan border, teems with diverse wildlife – from crocodiles and crabs to fish darting through seemingly endless mangroves.
  2. A habitat with such plants; mangrove forest; mangrove swamp; mangal.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [], →OCLC, part I, page 204:
      [I]n and out of rivers, streams of death in life, whose banks were rotting into mud, whose waters, thickened into slime, invaded the contorted mangroves, that seemed to writhe at us in the extremity of an impotent despair.
  3. Any of various plants of the Rhizophoraceae family.
  4. Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ mangrove”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mangrove”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. ^ mangrove”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mangrove, from earlier mangrow by folk etymology influence of grove, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle (or directly from Spanish), from a Caribbean language.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmɑŋˈɣroː.və/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧gro‧ve
  • Rhymes: -oːvə

Noun

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mangrove m (plural mangroven or mangroves)

  1. a mangrove tree
    Synonyms: mangroveboom, wortelboom
  2. a mangrove forest
    Synonyms: mangrovebos, vloedbos

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English mangrove.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋroʋe/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋro̞ʋe̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋroʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): mang‧ro‧ve

Noun

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mangrove

  1. mangrove (all senses)

Declension

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  • Also mangroveiden is often used for genitive plural.
Inflection of mangrove (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative mangrove mangrovet
genitive mangroven mangrovejen
partitive mangrovea mangroveja
illative mangroveen mangroveihin
singular plural
nominative mangrove mangrovet
accusative nom. mangrove mangrovet
gen. mangroven
genitive mangroven mangrovejen
mangrovein rare
partitive mangrovea mangroveja
inessive mangrovessa mangroveissa
elative mangrovesta mangroveista
illative mangroveen mangroveihin
adessive mangrovella mangroveilla
ablative mangrovelta mangroveilta
allative mangrovelle mangroveille
essive mangrovena mangroveina
translative mangroveksi mangroveiksi
abessive mangrovetta mangroveitta
instructive mangrovein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mangrove (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangroveni mangroveni
accusative nom. mangroveni mangroveni
gen. mangroveni
genitive mangroveni mangrovejeni
mangroveini rare
partitive mangroveani mangrovejani
inessive mangrovessani mangroveissani
elative mangrovestani mangroveistani
illative mangroveeni mangroveihini
adessive mangrovellani mangroveillani
ablative mangroveltani mangroveiltani
allative mangrovelleni mangroveilleni
essive mangrovenani mangroveinani
translative mangrovekseni mangroveikseni
abessive mangrovettani mangroveittani
instructive
comitative mangroveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mangrovesi mangrovesi
accusative nom. mangrovesi mangrovesi
gen. mangrovesi
genitive mangrovesi mangrovejesi
mangroveisi rare
partitive mangroveasi mangrovejasi
inessive mangrovessasi mangroveissasi
elative mangrovestasi mangroveistasi
illative mangroveesi mangroveihisi
adessive mangrovellasi mangroveillasi
ablative mangroveltasi mangroveiltasi
allative mangrovellesi mangroveillesi
essive mangrovenasi mangroveinasi
translative mangroveksesi mangroveiksesi
abessive mangrovettasi mangroveittasi
instructive
comitative mangroveinesi

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French

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Etymology

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From earlier mangrore, borrowed from English mangrove.

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Noun

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mangrove f (plural mangroves)

  1. a mangrove forest

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Italian

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Noun

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mangrove f

  1. plural of mangrova

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
Mangrove

Etymology

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From English mangrove.

Noun

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mangrove m (definite singular mangroven, indefinite plural mangrover, definite plural mangrovene)

  1. mangrove (tree or forest)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From English mangrove.

Noun

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mangrove m (definite singular mangroven, indefinite plural mangrovar, definite plural mangrovane)

  1. mangrove (tree or forest)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From English mangrove.

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mangrove c

  1. mangrove

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