minge

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒ === Etymology 1 === From Angloromani mintš, from Romani minʒ (“female genitals”), probably from Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ, “middle, midst; inside, interior; the middle part of the body; loins, reins; waist; belly, abdomen; back”). Doublet of medius. Other possible etymology: from the Latin mingere (“to urinate”), synecdochically used to describe the organ through an associated function (possibly ironically or euphemistically). ==== Noun ==== minge (plural minges) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and vulva. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:pubic hair ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Probably corrupted from midge. ==== Noun ==== minge (plural minges) (US, archaic, dialectal) Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”). === Etymology 3 === From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix; mingle”). More at ming. ==== Verb ==== minge (third-person singular simple present minges, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged) (obsolete) Synonym of ming (“to mix”). === References === “minge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Verb === minge third-person singular present indicative of mingere == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪŋ.ɡɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmin̠ʲ.d͡ʒe] === Verb === minge second-person singular present active imperative of mingō == Romanian == === Alternative forms === mingie — nonstandard === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѧчь (męčĭ), from Proto-Slavic *męčь (“ball”). Compare Russian мяч (mjač). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmin.d͡ʒe] === Noun === minge f (plural mingi) ball (especially a soft one) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== bilă