manger
pronunciation
How to pronounce manger in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪndʒə(r)]
How to pronounce manger in American English:
US [ˈmendʒɚ]
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- Noun:
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
Word Origin
- manger
- manger: [14] Etymologically, a manger is an ‘eater’, or ‘feeding place’. It comes from Old French mangeoire, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *mandūcātōria. This was derived from Latin mandūcāre ‘chew’, which in modern French has become manger ‘eat’; the use of this as a noun, meaning ‘edible substance’, forms the ultimate basis of English blancmange, literally ‘white food’. From a parallel source comes the name of the skin disease mange [14], an allusion to its ‘eating’ or irritating the skin; mangy is a 16thcentury derivative.=> blancmange, mange
- manger (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French mangeoire "crib, manger," from mangier "to eat" (see mange) + -oire, common suffix for implements and receptacles.
Example
- 1. God had sent them to find the baby jesus in a manger .
- 2. He loves you so much that he sent his son as a baby in a manger .
- 3. O great mystery and wondrous sacrament , that animals should see the new-born lord lying in their manger !
- 4. Only luke mentions a feeding trough , or manger , shepherds and a chorus of angels .
- 5. Police say a baby boy whose troubled mother laid him in the manger of a church nativity in hopes that someone would find and care for him is doing well .