manganèse, n.m., manganese.
mangeable (-jabl), adj., eatable, fit to eat.
mangeaille (-jâ-i), n.f., food (for birds, cats); (b.s.) victuals, grub, eatables.
mangeant, -e (-jān, -t), adj., eating. Être bien —; to eat heartily; to be a hearty eater.
mangeoire (-joâr), n.f., manger, crib.
mangeoter, v.n., to eat little, to pick one’s food; to nibble.
manger, v.a., to eat; to eat up; to consume; to squander away, to run through. Salle à —; dining-room. — son bien; to squander one’s property. À —; to eat. Donner à —; to give food, to keep an eating-house. — du bout des doigts; to pick a bit here and there; to nibble at one’s food. — des yeux; to look daggers at. On mange bien dans cet hôtel; the cooking is excellent in that hotel. — ses mots; to clip one’s words. Les gros poissons mangent les petits; (fig.) might overcomes right.
se manger, v.r., to eat each other; to eat each other up; to hurt each other, to look daggers at one another; (gram.) to be cut off, elided, not pronounced.
manger, v.n., to eat; to take one’s meals; to feed. Il mange dans la main; he eats out of your hand (of an animal). Donnez-moi à —; give me something to eat.