Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)A comic originating in Japan.

    Manga

    ма́нгаmánga

    ма́нґаmánga, ма́нгаmánha

  2. (uncountable)An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.

  3. (broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes)Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

    Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.

    Manga

    ма́нгаmánga, япо́нские ко́миксыjapónskije kómiksy

    ма́нґаmánga, ма́нгаmánha

  4. A covering for a crucifix.

  5. A mangalitsa pig.

More definitions
  • graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art

Examples

54 sentences
  1. Can you lend me a manga?

    Можеш позичити мені мангу?

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  2. The kid has a lot of mangas.

    У цієї дитини багато манги.

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  3. Boys prefer to read mangas.

    Хлопчики надають перевагу читанню манги.

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  4. He was absorbed in a manga.

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  5. He does nothing but read manga.

    ruОн ничем, кроме чтения манги, не занимается.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
comic originating in Japan:
Русский
By meaning 2
comic originating in Japan:
any comic in such a style:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
comic originating in Japan:

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestraine

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫/漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵/漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

Short for mangalitsa.

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Forms

plural: manga / mangas
Singularmanga
Pluralmanga / mangas

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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