dung en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /dʊŋ/ (Midlands, Northern-England)
- /ˈdʌŋ/
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- /dʊŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
Etymology
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.
Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool[…]
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 129:The labourer at the dung cart is paid at 3d. or 4d. a day; and on one estate, Lullington, scattering dung is paid a 5d. the hundred heaps.
1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 496:The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 59:Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 2:3:
- (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
- (UK, countable, obsolete, slang) A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dungs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
dunglike (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung fork (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungstead (terms derived from dung (noun)) · cow-dung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung-hunter (terms derived from dung (noun)) · bedung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungheap (terms derived from dung (noun)) · bulldung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dunghill (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungfork (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung beetle (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung moss (terms derived from dung (noun)) · devil's dung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · cowdung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungball (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dunghole (terms derived from dung (noun)) · horsedung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung fly (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung funnel (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungy (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungmixen (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dunger (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung puncher (terms derived from dung (noun)) · tumbledung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungyard (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungfly (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dingle (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dung heap (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dungmere (terms derived from dung (noun)) · cow dung (terms derived from dung (noun)) · dingy (terms derived from dung (noun))
Translations (184)
cy tail (manure) · kk көң (manure) · ja 肥 (manure) · hi गू (manure) · sk hnoj (manure) · mi tūtae (manure) · am ፍግ (manure) · pl nawóz (manure) · gd buachar (manure) · cs trus (manure) · uz oʻgʻit (manure) · hu trágya (manure) · my ချေး (manure) · et sõnnik (manure) · it ordura (manure) · bo ལྕི་བ (manure) · it letame (manure) · ru экскреме́нты (manure) · bg оборски тор (manure) · ro bălegar (manure) · it escremento (manure) · gl esterco (manure) · la fimum (manure) · es estiércol (manure) · as গোবৰ (manure) · wa ansene (manure) · ar رَوْث (manure) · mk измет (manure) · ru кал (manure) · nb gjødsel (manure) · sq bajgë (manure) · sh гно̏јӣво (manure) · ckb تەرس (manure) · hi खाद (manure) · grc κόπρος (manure) · hi उपला (manure) · ccc tuki (manure) · pt esterco (manure) · it fimo (manure) · nl mest (manure) · be кал (manure) · ca fem (manure) · so xaar-walwaal (manure) · hi विष्ठा (manure) · cmn 屎 (manure) · cs mrva (manure) · kmr rîx (manure) · oj moo (manure) · fi lanta (manure) · cmn 糞 /粪 (manure) · te ముటము (manure) · khb ᦃᦲᧉ (manure) · hi गूह (manure) · sh baléga (manure) · fa-ira کود (manure) · ka ნეხვი (manure) · my မြေဩဇာ (manure) · ko 비료 (manure) · ckb پشکڵ (manure) · az peyin (manure) · lo ມູນ (manure) · gv eoylley (manure) · pl gnój (manure) · mnc ᡶᠠᠵᠠᠨ (manure) · pt estrume (manure) · gl gasto (manure) · vi phân chuồng (manure) · be гной (manure) · cmn 肥 (manure) · ko 똥거름 (manure) · tr tezek (manure) · km ជីអាចម៍សត្វ (manure) · hi लीद (manure) · ro gunoi (manure) · uk гній (manure) · gl bosta (manure) · tg пору (manure) · tk dökün (manure) · hi गोबर (manure) · ru помёт (manure) · sh gnȍjīvo (manure) · tr gübre (manure) · gd todhar (manure) · fr fumier (manure) · tr dışkı (manure) · el κόπρος (manure) · gl iboño (manure) · gl cuito (manure) · eo sterko (manure) · cmn 糞肥 /粪肥 (manure) · wyi koonong (manure) · cmn 肥料 (manure) · got 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰 (manure) · is mykja (manure) · mba ta-i (manure) · fr bouse (manure) · bg тор (manure) · mn баас (manure) · sq pleh (manure) · txb weṃts (manure) · ru наво́з (manure) · uk кал (manure) · lt mėšlas (manure) · ota تزك (manure) · ht fimye (manure) · grc ὄνθος (manure) · ckb ڕیخ (manure) · ja 肥料 (manure) · cs hnůj (manure) · bcl udo (manure) · tk gyýk (manure) · fr purin (manure) · sid obba (manure) · da gødning (manure) · ky көң (manure) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (manure) · sh гно̑ј (manure) · mi hamiti (manure) · tg саргин (manure) · hi गुह (manure) · pl kał (manure) · nb møkk (manure) · es excremento (manure) · ota فشقی (manure) · mi hamuti (manure) · cu мотꙑла (manure) · sv dynga (manure) · as গু (manure) · ml ചാണകം (manure) · nv chąąʼ (manure) · oui 𐽹𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽵𐾄 (manure) · th ขี้ (manure) · ca femta (manure) · sh gnȏj (manure) · mi roke (manure) · tk tezek (manure) · lo ຂີ້ (manure) · hy գոմաղբ (manure) · to ta'e (manure) · de Mist (manure) · th มูล (manure) · syl ꠉꠥꠙꠞ (manure) · ka სკორე (manure) · sh бале́га (manure) · ky кык (manure) · it sterco (manure) · ro balegă (manure) · uz goʻng (manure) · pjt kuna (manure) · he זֶבֶל (manure) · roa-gal fien (manure) · hi मल (manure) · mn аргал (manure) · vi phân (manure) · la stercus (manure) · de Dünger (manure) · ca adob (manure) · bo ལུད (manure) · gu છાણ (manure) · da møg (manure) · fa-ira سِرْگین (manure) · ky тезек (manure) · sl gnoj (manure) · fy dong (manure) · lv mēsli (manure) · uk екскреме́нти (manure) · enm donge (manure) · ko 똥 (manure) · ga aoileach (manure) · fi sonta (manure) · pdt Mest (manure) · it feci (manure) · txb kekärtkor (manure) · grc σπέλεθος (manure) · scn fumèri (manure) · rup baligă (manure) · gu પોદળો (manure) · az gübrə (manure) · fa-ira سَرْگین (manure) · za haex (manure) · gl estrume (manure) · ur کھاد (manure) · mi tiko (manure) · haw kūkae (manure)