mangrove

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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]

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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
  • Syllabification(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
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangrovemme mangrovemme
accusative nom. mangrovemme mangrovemme
gen. mangrovemme
genitive mangrovemme mangrovejemme
mangroveimme rare
partitive mangroveamme mangrovejamme
inessive mangrovessamme mangroveissamme
elative mangrovestamme mangroveistamme
illative mangroveemme mangroveihimme
adessive mangrovellamme mangroveillamme
ablative mangroveltamme mangroveiltamme
allative mangrovellemme mangroveillemme
essive mangrovenamme mangroveinamme
translative mangroveksemme mangroveiksemme
abessive mangrovettamme mangroveittamme
instructive
comitative mangroveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mangrovenne mangrovenne
accusative nom. mangrovenne mangrovenne
gen. mangrovenne
genitive mangrovenne mangrovejenne
mangroveinne rare
partitive mangroveanne mangrovejanne
inessive mangrovessanne mangroveissanne
elative mangrovestanne mangroveistanne
illative mangroveenne mangroveihinne
adessive mangrovellanne mangroveillanne
ablative mangroveltanne mangroveiltanne
allative mangrovellenne mangroveillenne
essive mangrovenanne mangroveinanne
translative mangroveksenne mangroveiksenne
abessive mangrovettanne mangroveittanne
instructive
comitative mangroveinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mangrovensa mangrovensa
accusative nom. mangrovensa mangrovensa
gen. mangrovensa
genitive mangrovensa mangrovejensa
mangroveinsa rare
partitive mangroveaan
mangroveansa
mangrovejaan
mangrovejansa
inessive mangrovessaan
mangrovessansa
mangroveissaan
mangroveissansa
elative mangrovestaan
mangrovestansa
mangroveistaan
mangroveistansa
illative mangroveensa mangroveihinsa
adessive mangrovellaan
mangrovellansa
mangroveillaan
mangroveillansa
ablative mangroveltaan
mangroveltansa
mangroveiltaan
mangroveiltansa
allative mangrovelleen
mangrovellensa
mangroveilleen
mangroveillensa
essive mangrovenaan
mangrovenansa
mangroveinaan
mangroveinansa
translative mangrovekseen
mangroveksensa
mangroveikseen
mangroveiksensa
abessive mangrovettaan
mangrovettansa
mangroveittaan
mangroveittansa
instructive
comitative mangroveineen
mangroveinensa

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compounds

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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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