mange

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US, UK/ˈmeɪ̯nd͡ʒ/Australia, New Zealand/ˈmæɪ̯nd͡ʒ/Australia, New Zealand[ˈmæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒ]

noun

A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

nounmange (usually uncountable, plural manges)

plural manges

  1. uncountableusuallybiologyA skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

    Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the—

    1621, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, The Witch of Edmonton

Origin

  1. Latinmanducare
  2. Old Frenchmanjue
  3. Middle Englishmanjewe
  4. Englishmange

From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ψώρα
  • ψώρα (psṓra)skin disease
Arabic جَرَب
  • جَرَب (jarab)skin disease
Bulgarian кра́ста
  • кра́ста (krásta)skin disease
Catalan ronya, sarna
  • ronyaskin disease
  • sarnaskin disease
Czech prašivina, svrab
  • prašivinaskin disease
  • svrabskin disease
Danish skab
  • skabskin disease
Dutch schurft
  • schurftskin disease
Esperanto skabio
  • skabioskin disease
Finnish kapi
  • kapiskin disease
French gale
  • galeskin disease
German Krätze, Räude
  • Krätzeskin disease
  • Räudeskin disease
  • Grindskin disease
  • Skabiesskin disease
  • Tierräudeskin disease
Hungarian rüh
  • rühskin disease
Irish claimhe, clamh
  • claimheskin disease
  • clamhskin disease
Italian scabbia, rogna
  • scabbiaskin disease
  • rognaskin disease
Japanese 毛包虫症
  • 毛包虫症 (mōhōchūshō)skin disease
Latin sarna
  • sarnaskin disease
Māori waihakehake
  • waihakehakeskin disease
Polish świerzb
  • świerzbskin disease
Portuguese sarna
  • sarnaskin disease
Romanian jigodie, râie
  • jigodieskin disease
  • râieskin disease
  • scabieskin disease
Russian чесо́тка
  • чесо́тка (česótka)skin disease
Spanish sarna, roña
  • sarnaskin disease
  • roñaskin disease
Swedish skabb
  • skabbskin disease
Tagalog dusdos
  • dusdosskin disease
Turkish uyuz
  • uyuzskin disease
Ukrainian коро́ста
  • коро́ста (korósta)skin disease
Welsh mans, mansh
  • mansskin disease
  • manshskin disease
  • clafrskin disease
  • clawrskin disease
Yiddish פּאַרך
  • פּאַרך (parkh)skin disease

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mange

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Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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