mangrove

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

mangrove

from the English mangrove (a word derived from the Dravidian languages, including Malayalam) where *mang, like the French manglier, is to be related to mango but the suffix is obscure: perhaps grove ("thicket").

Definition

botanique

Plural

mangroves

Translations

  • germangerman:Mangrovenbaum
  • englishenglish:mangrove
  • spanishspanish:mangle
  • portugueseportuguese:mangue