manger
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See also: Manger
Etymology
From Middle English manger, from Old French mangeoire, menjoere, from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger).
Pronunciation
Noun
manger (plural mangers)
- A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
trough for animals to eat from
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Anagrams
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Late Latin manducāre (“chew, devour”).
See cognates : Italian mangiare, Norman maungier and mougier, Gallo mangier, Picard minger, Bourguignon maingé, Franco-Provençal mengiér, Occitan manjar, Corsican manghjà, Romanian mânca.
Pronunciation
Verb
manger
- (transitive) to eat
- Synonyms: dévorer, consommer, avaler, engloutir, s’empiffrer, se bâfrer, ingurgiter, grignoter, festoyer, se goinfrer, becqueter, déguster, se sustenter, s’alimenter, ingérer
- J’ai mangé de la viande pour le souper.
- I ate some meat for dinner.
- (intransitive) to eat
- Synonym: casser la croûte
- C’est bizarre que je ne mange rien.
- It's strange that I don't eat anything.
- Manger au restaurant.
- To eat in a restaurant.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written mange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and ranger.
| infinitive | simple | manger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mangeant /mɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mangé /mɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/2 |
manges /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mangeons /mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mangez /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mangent /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | mangeais /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangeais /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangeait /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mangions /mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mangiez /mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mangeaient /mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic3 | mangeai /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mangeas /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangea /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangeâmes /mɑ̃.ʒam/ |
mangeâtes /mɑ̃.ʒat/ |
mangèrent /mɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | mangerai /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mangeras /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mangera /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mangerons /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
mangerez /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mangeront /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mangerais /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerais /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerait /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mangerions /mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mangeriez /mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
mangeraient /mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior3 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/2 |
manges /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
mangions /mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mangiez /mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mangent /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect3 | mangeasse /mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mangeasses /mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mangeât /mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mangeassions /mɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
mangeassiez /mɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
mangeassent /mɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect3 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mange /mɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | mangeons /mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mangez /mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 mangé when inverted. | |||||||
3 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of manger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
- avoir mangé du lion
- bête à manger du foin
- ça ne mange pas de pain
- faute de grives on mange des merles
- il y a à boire et à manger
- la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid
- l’appétit vient en mangeant
- manger à sa faim
- manger à tous les râteliers
- manger au râtelier
- manger comme quatre
- manger comme un moineau
- manger comme un ogre
- manger les pissenlits par la racine
- manger maigre
- manger ses mots
- manger son chapeau
- manger sur le pouce
- manger une volée
- ne pas manger de ce pain-là
- salle à manger
- table à manger
Descendants
Noun
manger m (plural mangers)
- food, foodstuff
- Synonyms: mange m, nourriture f, (slang) bouffe f
- Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat.
- This bakery has elegant food
Further reading
- “manger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French mangeoire, from manger (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manger (plural mangers)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “maunǧer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology
From Old French mengier.
Verb
manger
- to eat (consume food)
Conjugation
- As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
| infinitive | simple | manger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | mangeant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mangé | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mange | manges | mange | mangeons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | mangeois, mangeoys | mangeois, mangeoys | mangeoit, mangeoyt | mangions, mangyons | mangiez, mangyez | mangeoient, mangeoyent | |
| past historic | mangea | mangeas | mangea | mangeasmes | mangeastes | mangerent | |
| future | mangerai, mangeray | mangeras | mangera | mangerons | mangerez | mangeront | |
| conditional | mangerois, mangeroys | mangerois, mangeroys | mangeroit, mangeroyt | mangerions, mangeryons | mangeriez, mangeryez | mangeroient, mangeroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mange | manges | mange | mangeons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | mangeasse | mangeasses | mangeast | mangeassions | mangeassiez | mangeassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mange | — | mangeons | mangez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Conjugation of manger
Descendants
- French: manger (see there for further descendants)
Noun
manger m (plural mangers)
- food (comestible solids)
Coordinate terms
Verb
manger
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mengier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | manger | avoir mangé | |||||
| gerund | en manjant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | manjant | ||||||
| past participle | mangé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | manjons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | manjoie, mangeie, manjoe, mangeve | manjoies, mangeies, manjoes, mangeves | manjoit, mangeit, manjot, mangeve | mangiiens, mangiens | mangiiez, mangiez | manjoient, mangeient, manjoent, mangevent | |
| preterite | manjai | manjas | manja | manjames | manjastes | mangerent | |
| future | mangerai | mangeras | mangera | mangerons | mangeroiz, mangereiz, mangerez | mangeront | |
| conditional | mangeroie, mangereie | mangeroies, mangereies | mangeroit, mangereit | mangeriiens, mangeriens | mangeriiez, mangeriez | mangeroient, mangereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mange | manges | mange | manjons | mangez | mangent |
| imperfect | manjasse | manjasses | manjast | mangissons, mangissiens | mangissoiz, mangissez, mangissiez | manjassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | mange | — | manjons | mangez | — | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French mangier, from Latin mandūcō, manducāre.
Verb
manger
Usage notes
In standardised Rumantsch Grischun, mangiar is used for people eating and magliar for animals eating. When applied to people magliar means eating badly (eating like a pig). Some of the Romansch lects do not make this distinction (especially Sursilvan) and magliar is the usual term for human beings.