la

feminine

/ʒœ̃ɡl/

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Translation

jungle

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'jungle', which came from Hindi jangal, from Sanskrit jangala ('dry, waste ground'). The sense shifted in English to dense tropical forest.

Origin: Sanskrit
Root: jangala
English cognates: jungle

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraljungles

Examples

They spent a month in the jungle.

The jungle hides a thousand animals.

Cette .

This city is a real jungle.

The southern jungles are hard to cross.

A strange noise is coming out of the jungle.

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This word is part of lesson 54.