cangue

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/kæŋ/

noun

A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.

OriginFrench cangue ← Portuguese canga →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

nouncangue (plural cangues)

plural cangues

  1. A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.

Origin

  1. Portuguesecanga
  2. Frenchcangue
  3. Englishcangue

From French cangue, from Portuguese canga.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 枷, 木枷
  • 枷 (jiā)heavy wooden collar or yoke
  • 木枷 (mùjiā)heavy wooden collar or yoke
  • 枷鎖 /枷锁 (jiāsuǒ)heavy wooden collar or yoke
Finnish häpeälauta
  • häpeälautaheavy wooden collar or yoke
French cangue
  • cangueheavy wooden collar or yoke
German Holzkragen
  • Holzkragenheavy wooden collar or yoke
Japanese 枷, 首枷
  • 枷 (kase)heavy wooden collar or yoke
  • 首枷 (kubikase)heavy wooden collar or yoke
Korean 칼
  • 칼 (kal)heavy wooden collar or yoke
Norwegian vedkrage
  • vedkrageheavy wooden collar or yoke
Spanish canga
  • cangaheavy wooden collar or yoke
Vietnamese gông
  • gôngheavy wooden collar or yoke

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cangue

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cangue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cangue

MLA

“cangue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cangue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cangue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cangue.

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