cangue

== English == === Etymology === From French cangue, from Portuguese canga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kæŋ/ Rhymes: -æŋ === Noun === cangue (plural cangues) A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === uncage == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese canga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑ̃ɡ/ === Noun === cangue f (plural cangues) cangue ==== Descendants ==== → English: cangue === Further reading === “cangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === cangue inflection of cangar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative