"mah-jong" meaning in French

See mah-jong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ/, /ma.ʒɔŋ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav Forms: mah-jongs [plural], mahjong [alternative], Mah-Jong [alternative], mah-jongg [alternative], majong [alternative], ma-jong [alternative]
Etymology: Via English from Cantonese 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3) Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|en|-}} English, {{uder|fr|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|麻將|tr=maa4 zoeng3}} 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|nolinkhead=1}} mah-jong m (plural mah-jongs)
  1. mahjong (game for four) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mahjong
    Sense id: en-mah-jong-fr-noun-PI-iU7VN Disambiguation of Mahjong: 49 51
  2. mahjong tile Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mahjong Synonyms: tuile
    Sense id: en-mah-jong-fr-noun-Ojf6Sa76 Disambiguation of Mahjong: 49 51 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "English",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麻將",
        "tr": "maa4 zoeng3"
      },
      "expansion": "麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via English from Cantonese 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mah-jongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mahjong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mah-Jong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mah-jongg",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma-jong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "mah-jong m (plural mah-jongs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Mahjong",
          "orig": "fr:Mahjong",
          "parents": [
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mahjong (game for four)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mah-jong-fr-noun-PI-iU7VN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mahjong",
          "mahjong"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Mahjong",
          "orig": "fr:Mahjong",
          "parents": [
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mahjong tile"
      ],
      "id": "en-mah-jong-fr-noun-Ojf6Sa76",
      "links": [
        [
          "tile",
          "tile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tuile"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.ʒɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mah-jong"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French multiword terms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Cantonese",
    "French terms derived from English",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Mahjong"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "English",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麻將",
        "tr": "maa4 zoeng3"
      },
      "expansion": "麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via English from Cantonese 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mah-jongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mahjong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mah-Jong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mah-jongg",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma-jong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "mah-jong m (plural mah-jongs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mahjong (game for four)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mahjong",
          "mahjong"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mahjong tile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tile",
          "tile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tuile"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.ʒɔŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-mah-jong.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mah-jong"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mah-jong meaning in French (1.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.