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If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
Luther Burbank

Meaning of "jungle" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JUNGLE

From Hindi jangal, from Sanskrit jāngala wilderness.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JUNGLE

jungle  [ˈdʒʌŋɡəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUNGLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jungle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JUNGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jungle

A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation. Application of the term has varied greatly during the last several centuries, both because of this ambiguity in the application of the term and its use in popular culture. Jungles in European and Western literature often represent a less civilised or unruly space outside the control of civilisation because of its association in colonial discourse with places that were colonised by Europeans.

Definition of jungle in the English dictionary

The first definition of jungle in the dictionary is an equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation, often almost impenetrable. Other definition of jungle is any dense or tangled thicket or growth. Jungle is also a place of intense competition or ruthless struggle for survival.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JUNGLE


angle
ˈæŋɡəl
antifungal
ˌæntɪˈfʌŋɡəl
bangle
ˈbæŋɡəl
bungle
ˈbʌŋɡəl
dangle
ˈdæŋɡəl
dingle
ˈdɪŋɡəl
dongle
ˈdɒŋɡəl
fungal
ˈfʌŋɡəl
jingle
ˈdʒɪŋɡəl
mangel
ˈmæŋɡəl
mingle
ˈmɪŋɡəl
mongol
ˈmɒŋɡəl
pungle
ˈpʌŋɡəl
rectangle
ˈrɛkˌtæŋɡəl
shingle
ˈʃɪŋɡəl
single
ˈsɪŋɡəl
tangle
ˈtæŋɡəl
tingle
ˈtɪŋɡəl
triangle
ˈtraɪˌæŋɡəl
Warangal
ˈwʌrəŋɡəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUNGLE

juneating
Juneau
Juneberries
Juneberry
Juneteenth
Jung
Jungfrau
Junggar Pendi
Jungian
jungle bunny
jungle fever
jungle fowl
jungle gym
jungle juice
jungle warfare
jungled
junglelike
jungli
junglist
jungly

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUNGLE

asphalt jungle
Bermuda Triangle
bingle
board-and-shingle
concrete jungle
debut single
golden triangle
hit single
law of the jungle
love triangle
mangle
maxi single
pingle
right angle
right-angled triangle
round angle
strangle
the Golden Triangle
untangle
warning triangle

Synonyms and antonyms of jungle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JUNGLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jungle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of jungle

Translation of «jungle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JUNGLE

Find out the translation of jungle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jungle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jungle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丛林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

selva
570 millions of speakers

English

jungle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जंगल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دَغْلٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

джунгли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জঙ্গল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jungle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dschungel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャングル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정글
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jungle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rừng nhiệt đới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காட்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जंगल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giungla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dżungla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

джунглі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

junglă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζούγκλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oerwoud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

djungel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jungel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jungle

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUNGLE»

The term «jungle» is very widely used and occupies the 7.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JUNGLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jungle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jungle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jungle

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10 QUOTES WITH «JUNGLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jungle.
1
Wes Anderson
I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He's got all those techniques. If your plane crashes into the jungle somewhere, he would be the guy you would want to have with you.
2
Sai Baba
Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
3
Colin Baker
Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.
4
Rona Barrett
It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.
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Mark Barrowcliffe
The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the greenery seems to crowd in on you with a sensation that has been described as akin to snow blindness.
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Arna Bontemps
Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.
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Luther Burbank
If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
8
Herb Caen
A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.
9
Roberto Cavalli
Today the world is a big jungle.
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Noam Chomsky
Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance along the road, which also winds through foothills and the fringes of heavy jungle where tigers are said to roam. The vegetation, wild or cultivated, is lush.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUNGLE»

Discover the use of jungle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jungle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel portraying the corruption of the American meat industry in the early part of the twentieth century.
Upton Sinclair, 2009
2
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book is a classic collection of fables set predominately in the Indian jungle with animal characters used to teach moral lessons.
Rudyard Kipling, 2004
3
The London Jungle Book
Bhajju Shyam, of the Gond tribe of central India, uses the visual language of his native tradition to record his observations of London and re-imagine its streets, pubs, and monuments.
Bhajju Shyam, 2004
4
Welcome to the Jungle: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ...
I wrote this book because it’s the book I should have been given when I was diagnosed.” With chapters of advice on everything from how to get off the floor after the blow of a bipolar diagnosis to how to think about psychiatry and ...
Hilary T. Smith, 2010
5
Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies
The ten essays collected here examine new forms of cultural expression in black film, photography and visual art exerging with a new generation of black British artists, and interprets this prolific creativity within a sociological ...
Kobena Mercer, 2013
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The Jungle Book
The world's best stories, retold in dynamic graphic-novel format. These re-visioned classics will hook your reluctant readers and thrust them face-to-face with some of history's most famous stories.
Rudyard Kipling, 2009
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Jungle Girl Volume 1:
Overseen by co-writer and artist Frank Cho and infused the issue with everything Cho fans want to see - beautiful women, thrilling adventures, and, of course, dinosaurs - Jungle Girl also features Co-writer Doug (Red Sonja: Queen of the ...
Doug Murray, 2008
8
Life Is a Jungle
The second book in the Rani Adventures this book touches on Rani's high school years living in the jungle.
Ron Snell, 1997
9
Jungle Love Level 5
The kiss was just amazing.
Margaret Johnson, 2002
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Jungle Beat
The perfect mix of music, creativity, and fun for music teachers, classroom teachers, and child care providers.
Lynn Kleiner, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUNGLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jungle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photos: Jungle Camp | Acadiana | The Advocate — Baton Rouge …
Photos: Jungle Camp. Advocate staff photo by LESLIE WESTBROOK -- Camp Director Cassandra Bartholomew teaches campers about the ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
2
In the jungle - Fife Today
Think jungle foliage murals and wallpapers, scorched earth colours like red russet, deep fuchsia pink and glowing orange, reminiscent of ... «Fife Today, Jul 15»
3
AEP Foundation donation to help zoo renovate its Jungle Lab …
By next spring, students walking into the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo's Jungle Lab classroom may feel more like they are in the jungle than in a ... «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
Everton Park wildflowers transform former concrete jungle
New 'wildflower corridors' created in the former concrete jungle of Everton are being launched with a community celebration on Saturday. «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
5
Kipling's bungalow out of the jungle and into the tourist map …
That row has ended rather amicably with the government deciding to restore "The Jungle Book" author's bungalow to its pristine glory and ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
6
Saturday Sports on TV - Cincy Jungle
Cincy Jungle, a Cincinnati Bengals community. Home · Fanposts · Fanshots · Sections ... More from Cincy Jungle. A.J. Green thanks Demaryius ... «Cincy Jungle, Jul 15»
7
Report reveals engine failure caused Guyana jungle crash that …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Investigators say the official findings of a January 2014 jungle air crash that killed the pilot and a cargo ... «New Europe, Jul 15»
8
Dalton ranked below average in another QB ranking
Cincy Jungle, a Cincinnati Bengals community ... Inside The Jungle · Roster Transactions and Contracts · Film Room · Salary .... Cincy Jungle. «Cincy Jungle, Jul 15»
9
The Square Jungle: Trump and boxing, Mayweather, PBC on ESPN …
Finally, Trump serves as an example of a public figure whose outlandish behavior sends corporations running for cover. No sooner did Trump ... «The Cruelest Sport, Jul 15»
10
Making a case for uncapped salaries - Cincy Jungle
Professional athletes are underpaid, and that's true, no matter how much money Ndamukong Suh received from the Miami Dolphins this ... «Cincy Jungle, Jul 15»

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