jungle

== English == === Alternative forms === jangal (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəl === Noun === jungle (countable and uncountable, plural jungles) A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Asia) Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality. (figurative) A tangled mess. (slang) An area where hobos camp together. (music, uncountable) A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass. (golf slang) Dense rough. Synonym: tiger country (vulgar slang) A dense mass of pubic hair. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: jungla → Czech: džungle → Danish: jungle → Dutch: jungle → French: jungle→ Romanian: junglă → German: Dschungel, Tschungel→ Hungarian: dzsungel → Greek: ζούγκλα (zoúgkla) → Esperanto: ĝangalo → Italian: giungla → Japanese: ジャングル (janguru) → Korean: 정글 (jeonggeul) → Polish: dżungla → Russian: джу́нгли (džúngli)→ Armenian: ջունգլի (ǰungli)→ Georgian: ჯუნგლი (ǯungli) → Serbo-Croatian: džungla → Slovak: džungľa → Slovene: džungla → Spanish: jungla → Swedish: djungel → Ukrainian: джу́нглі (džúnhli) → Welsh: jyngl ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === jungle (not comparable) (Of musical beat, rhythm, etc.) resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle. ==== Translations ==== === See also === rainforest === Further reading === Jungle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on Jungle (forest) Jungle (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Jungle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Jung (“boy”). === Verb === jungle (Uri) to give birth to a male === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 60. == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English jungle, Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal), Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /djɔnɡlə/, [ˈd̥jɔŋlə] === Noun === jungle c (singular definite junglen, plural indefinite jungler) jungle ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== jungle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English jungle, from Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) and Urdu جنگل (jangal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʒʏŋ.ɡəl/ Hyphenation: jun‧gle === Noun === jungle m (plural jungles, diminutive jungletje n) jungle, dense tropical rainforest [from early 19th c.] Synonym: rimboe ==== Derived terms ==== junglecommando junglegids junglemuziek jungletocht ==== Descendants ==== Petjo: djangel, djungel == French == === Etymology === English jungle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒœ̃ɡl/, (un-in merger) /ʒɛ̃ɡl/, (rarer, dated) /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ === Noun === jungle f (plural jungles) jungle (large humid forest) (derogatory) jungle (dog eat dog place, lawless area) Synonym: zone de non-droit ==== Derived terms ==== chat de jungle loi de la jungle ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: junglă === Further reading === “jungle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʒuŋɡle] === Noun === jungle f inflection of junglă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Spanish == === Noun === jungle m (plural jungles) jungle (music)