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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vira-lata|m}}, {{qualifier|Portugal}} {{t+|pt|rafeiro|m}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vira-lata|m}}, {{qualifier|Portugal}} {{t+|pt|rafeiro|m}} |
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|corcitură}} |
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|corcitură}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|дворня́га|f}} {{qualifier|dog}}, {{t+|ru|дворня́жка|f}} {{qualifier|dog}}, {{t+|ru|мети́с|m}}, {{t+|ru|мети́ска|f}} {{qualifier|person}}, {{t+|ru|полукро́вка|m|f}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дворня́га|f}} {{qualifier|dog}}, {{t+|ru|дворня́жка|f}} {{qualifier|dog}}, {{t+|ru|мети́с|m}}, {{t+|ru|мети́ска|f}} {{qualifier|person}}, {{t+|ru|полукро́вка|m|f}}, {{t|ru|сме́сок|m}} |
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* Spanish: {{qualifier|mongrel dog}} {{t|es|perro callejero|m}}, {{t|es|perro mestizo|m}}, {{t|es|cacri|m}} {{qualifier|Venezuela}}, {{t|es|comecuandohay|m}} {{qualifier|Nicaragua}}, {{t|es|comecuanduay}} {{qualifier|Nicaragua}}, {{t+|es|chucho|m}} {{qualifier|Spain}}, {{t+|es|chumino|m}} {{qualifier|Guatemala}}, {{t+|es|chusco|m}} {{qualifier|Peru}}, {{t+|es|gozque|m}}{{qualifier|Colombia}}, {{t|es|mil leches|m}} {{qualifier|Spain}}, {{t|es|perro aguacatero|m}} {{qualifier|El Salvador|Honduras}}, {{t|es|perro criollo|m}} {{qualifier|Panama}}, {{t|es|perro cruzado|m}}, {{t|es|perro corriente|m}} {{qualifier|Mexico}}, {{t|es|PP|m}} {{qualifier|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|quiltro|m}} {{qualifier|Bolivia|Chile}}, {{t|es|sato|m}} {{qualifier|Cuba|Puerto Rico}}, {{t|es|tinaquero|m}} {{qualifier|Panama}}, {{t+|es|zaguate|m}} {{qualifier|Costa Rica}} |
* Spanish: {{qualifier|mongrel dog}} {{t|es|perro callejero|m}}, {{t|es|perro mestizo|m}}, {{t|es|cacri|m}} {{qualifier|Venezuela}}, {{t|es|comecuandohay|m}} {{qualifier|Nicaragua}}, {{t|es|comecuanduay}} {{qualifier|Nicaragua}}, {{t+|es|chucho|m}} {{qualifier|Spain}}, {{t+|es|chumino|m}} {{qualifier|Guatemala}}, {{t+|es|chusco|m}} {{qualifier|Peru}}, {{t+|es|gozque|m}}{{qualifier|Colombia}}, {{t|es|mil leches|m}} {{qualifier|Spain}}, {{t|es|perro aguacatero|m}} {{qualifier|El Salvador|Honduras}}, {{t|es|perro criollo|m}} {{qualifier|Panama}}, {{t|es|perro cruzado|m}}, {{t|es|perro corriente|m}} {{qualifier|Mexico}}, {{t|es|PP|m}} {{qualifier|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|quiltro|m}} {{qualifier|Bolivia|Chile}}, {{t|es|sato|m}} {{qualifier|Cuba|Puerto Rico}}, {{t|es|tinaquero|m}} {{qualifier|Panama}}, {{t+|es|zaguate|m}} {{qualifier|Costa Rica}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|byracka}}, {{t+|sv|gatukorsning|c}}, {{t|sv|blandrashund|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|byracka}}, {{t+|sv|gatukorsning|c}}, {{t|sv|blandrashund|c}} |
Revision as of 02:03, 25 July 2024
English
Etymology
From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/[2][3]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/, /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋɡɹəl, -ɑŋɡɹəl
Noun
mongrel (plural mongrels)
- (often derogatory) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
- Synonyms: bitsa, bitser, (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) bitzer, cur, mutt, (dialectal) tyke, Heinz 57
- Hyponym: (of a cat) moggy
- That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
- 2001 September 26, Anna Quindlen, “A Quilt of a Country”, in Newsweek[1]:
- America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
- Synonym: bastard
- 2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77:
- "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
- 2019 October 27, Natalie Wolfe, “Australia's worst serial killer's affairs with sisters-in-laws”, in New Zealand Herald[2]:
- But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.
- (slang, Australia) An erect penis; an erection.
Related terms
Translations
someone of mixed kind
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Adjective
mongrel (comparative more mongrel, superlative most mongrel)
- Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
- English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of our tongue.
Translations
Translations
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mongrel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “mongrel”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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