mong

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

English

Etymology 1

From Old English gemong (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mangą (“mix”).[1] Compare Proto-Germanic *mangijaną (“to knead, mix”).

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

  1. (dialectal) A mixture, a crowd.[2]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of mongrel.

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

  1. (Australia, slang) A mongrel dog.[3]
    • 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 Mongol or mongoloid.

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

Noun

mong (plural mongs)

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

Etymology 4

Clipping of among.

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

Preposition

mong

  1. (obsolete) a variant spelling of ’mong

References
  1. “mong” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
  2. Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary
  3. “Australia Decoded 'M-5'”, in Joyzine‎, accessed 2009-03-05

Dutch

Noun

mong m (plural mongs)

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

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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