mong

See also: moŋ, möng, móng, mống, mỗng, mỏng, 'mong, and Mong.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ġemong, ġemang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mangą (“mix”). Compare Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to knead, mix”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: mŭng, IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

  1. (dialect) A mingling, mixture, or crowd.[1]
  2. (dialect) A muddle or confusion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of mongrel.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: mŭng, IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

  1. (Australia, slang) A mongrel dog.[2]
    • 1965, Brian James, The Big Burn: Short Stories‎, page 40:
      Some blue cattle-dogs and a small pack of mongs barked excitedly, and danced round, and wished they knew what to do in such an unheard-of situation; and no doubt dreamed for days after of what they had done to distinguish themselves.

Etymology 3

Contraction of mongoloid.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: mŏng, IPA(key): /mɒŋ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

  1. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory, dated) A person with Down's syndrome.
  2. (Britain, slang, offensive, derogatory) A stupid person.

Etymology 4

Clipping of among.[3]

Pronunciation
  • enPR: mŭng, IPA(key): /mʌŋ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Preposition

mong

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 'mong.

Etymology 5

Shan မိူင်း (móeng)

Noun

mong

  1. Alternative form of mueang

References
  1. Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary
  2. “Australia Decoded 'M-5'”, in Joyzine‎, accessed 2009-03-05
  3. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mong”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Dutch

Noun

mong m (plural mongs)

  1. (slang) mong, shortened version of mongool.

Irish

Noun

mong f (genitive singular moinge, nominative plural moingeanna)

  1. Alternative form of moing

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mong mhong not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Malay

Noun

mong

  1. gong

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 望 (“to expect”, SV: vọng). Compare Thai มอง (mɔɔng).

Pronunciation

Verb

mong

  1. to hope, to expect, to wish for something

Derived terms
Derived terms
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