mangier

English

Adjective

mangier

1. comparative form of mangy: more mangy

Anagrams

• Germain, germain, germina, mearing, reaming

Middle English

Noun

mangier

1. alternative form of manger

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mangier. Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. The stressed stem mangeü- comes from Old french (see below).

Pronunciation

• (Cotentin) IPA^(key): /mãʊ̃.ʒi/
• (Cotentin, partially) IPA^(key): /mãʊ̃.ʒji/
• (Cotentin, partially) IPA^(key): /muʊ.ʒi/
• (Pays de Caux, Pays de Bray, Rouen) IPA^(key): /mã.ʒe/
• (Pays de Bray partially ; Guernesey, Jersey) IPA^(key): /mã.ʒje/

Verb

mangier

1. (transitive) to eat

   Enhui, nos mangeâmes de la chair oû souper.

   Today, we ate some meat for dinner.

   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 519:

     I' peut mànger sa gâche dorâïe des daeux bords.

     He can eat his cake buttered on both sides.

2. (intransitive) to eat

   Il mangeüe ben pus de goule que d’autre seit !

   It's strange that I don't eat anything.

   Mangier vîtement.

   To eat quickly.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb mangier in Norman

infinitive			mangier
gerund			mangeant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mangié		mangie
		plural		mangiés		mangies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jeo (j')	tu (t')	il, elle, on	nos	vos	il, elles
	present	mangeüe	mangeües	mangeüe	mangeoms	mangiez	mangeüent
	imperfect	mangeis mangeos2	mangeis mangeos2	mangeit mangeot2	mangioms	mangiez	mangeient mangeoent2
	preterite	mangeai	mangeas	mangea	mangeâmes	mangeâtes	mangèrent
	future	mangerai	mangeras	mangera	mangeroms	mangerez	mangeront
	conditional	mangereis	mangereis	mangereit	mangerioms	mangeriez	mangereient
subjunctive		que jeo (j')	que tu (t')	qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on	que nos	que vos	qu'il, qu'elles
	present	mangeüe	mangeües	mangeüe	mangioms	mangiez	mangeüent
	imperfect	mangeasse	mangeasses	mangeât mangeasse	mangeassioms	mangeassiez	mangeassent
imperative		—	tu	—	nos	vos	—
			mangeüe		mangeoms	mangiez
1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms.

Synonyms

• mâquier (Pays de Caux, Pays de Bray, Rouen, partially in Cotentin)
• mougier (Cotentin, partially in Pays d'Auge)

Noun

mangier m (plural mangiers)

1. food, foodstuff.

   Du blanc-mangier.

   (Kind of porridge, literally "white-food")

Old French

Alternative forms

• manger, menger, mengier

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. The stressed stem menju- is rather formed by analogy with the infinitive stem mang-, instead of expected *mandu-.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /manˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/
• (late) IPA^(key): /manˈʒ(j)eɾ/

Verb

mangier

1. to eat (consume food)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem menju distinct from the unstressed stem mang. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mangier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mangier			avoir mangié
gerund		en manjant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		manjant
past participle		mangié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	menju	menjües	menjüe	manjons	mangiez	menjüent
	imperfect	manjoie, mangeie, manjoe, mangieve	manjoies, mangeies, manjoes, mangieves	manjoit, mangeit, manjot, mangieve	mangiiens, mangiens	mangiiez, mangiez	manjoient, mangeient, manjoent, mangievent
	preterite	manjai	manjas	manja	manjames	manjastes	mangierent
	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	menju	menjus	menjut	manjons	mangiez	menjüent
	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	–
		—	menjüe	—	manjons	mangiez	—

Noun

mangier oblique singular, m (oblique plural mangiers, nominative singular mangiers, nominative plural mangier)

1. food; nourishment

Descendants

• Bourguignon: mainger

  Morvandiau: miger

• Franc-Comtois: maindgie
• Middle French: manger
  • French: manger (see there for further descendants)
• Gallo: manjë
• Lorrain: mingi
• Norman: mangier

  Northern Cotentin: mougier

• Picard: minger
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: menjhàe, mignàe
• Walloon: migner, magnî
• → Italian: mangiare, magnare (archaic, now dialectal)
  • → Dalmatian: mančur, manciuor, manciur
  • → Esperanto: manĝi
    • Ido: manjar
  • → Macedonian: манџа (mandža)
  • → Neapolitan: mangiare, magnare
• → Portuguese: manjar
• → Spanish: manjar