mangelwurzel en · NOUN
Etymology
From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".
Meanings
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A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mangelwurzels | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mangle-wurzel | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mangel-wurzel | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Synonyms
root of scarcity · mangold · mangold wurzel
Translations (15)
mi mangawaha (root vegetable) · ru манго́льд (root vegetable) · fi rehujuurikas (root vegetable) · pl burak pastewny (root vegetable) · cy betysen borthi (root vegetable) · sv mangold (root vegetable) · de Runkelrübe (root vegetable) · de Futterrübe (root vegetable) · ga meaingeal (root vegetable) · es acelga (root vegetable) · cs krmná řepa (root vegetable) · fr betterave fourragère (root vegetable) · ru листова́я свёкла (root vegetable) · mi mangowātera (root vegetable) · ja マンゲルヴルツェル (root vegetable)