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Meaning of "mampoer" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAMPOER

Afrikaans, possibly from Sotho mampuru, strong man.
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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 MAMPOER

mampoer  [məmˈpʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAMPOER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mampoer 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 MAMPOER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mampoer

Moonshine

Moonshine, white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, and Tennessee white whiskey are terms used to describe high-proof distilled spirits, generally produced illicitly. Moonshine is typically made with corn mash as the main ingredient. The word "moonshine" is believed to derive from the term "moonrakers" used for early English smugglers and the clandestine nature of the operations of illegal Appalachian distillers who produced and distributed whiskey. The distillation was done at night to avoid discovery.

Definition of mampoer in the English dictionary

The definition of mampoer in the dictionary is a home-distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pears, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAMPOER


Cawnpur
ˌkɔːnˈpʊə
Jabalpur
ˌdʒʌbəlˈpʊə
Jaipur
dʒaɪˈpʊə
Jamshedpur
ˌdʒʌmʃɛdˈpʊə
Jodhpur
ˌdʒɒdˈpʊə
Jubbulpore
ˌdʒʌbəlˈpʊə
Kanpur
kɑːnˈpʊə
Kolhapur
ˌkəʊlhɑːˈpʊə
Lyallpur
ˌlaɪəlˈpʊə
Manipur
ˌmʌnɪˈpʊə
Nagpur
næɡˈpʊə
Nippur
nɪˈpʊə
Nishapur
ˌniːʃɑːˈpʊə
nonpoor
ˌnɒnˈpʊə
Shahjahanpur
ˌʃɑːdʒəˌhɑːnˈpʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAMPOER

mammock
mammogenic
mammogram
mammograph
mammographic
mammography
mammon
mammonish
mammonism
mammonist
mammonistic
mammonite
mammoplasties
mammoplasty
mammoth
Mammoth Cave National Park
mammy
mammy wagon
mampara
mamzer

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAMPOER

Beboer
Boer
canoer
churchgoer
doer
evildoer
goer
hoer
misdoer
moer
moviegoer
party-goer
picturegoer
shampooer
shoer
stuccoer
tattooer
theatergoer
wooer
wrongdoer

Synonyms and antonyms of mampoer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mampoer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAMPOER

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

Translator English - Chinese

mampoer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mampoer
570 millions of speakers

English

mampoer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mampoer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mampoer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mampoer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mampoer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mampoer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mampoer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merampas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mampoer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mampoer
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mampoer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mampoer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mampoer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mampoer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॉंपूअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mampoer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mampoer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mampoer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mampoer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mampoer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mampoer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mampoer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mampoer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mampoer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mampoer

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAMPOER»

The term «mampoer» is used very little and occupies the 164.581 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAMPOER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mampoer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mampoer» 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 mampoer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAMPOER»

Discover the use of mampoer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mampoer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Politics of English as a World Language: New Horizons in ...
Mampoer, my friend, mampoer. 1983 A. SPARKS in J. Crwys- Williams 5. Afr. Despatches (1989) 446 Mampoer, after all, is a piece of Afrikaner culture. 1998 Economist 23 May 123/1 For a sharper kick, a spirit called mampoer is recommended ...
Christian Mair, 2003
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101 Beloved Bars of Southern Africa
KRUGEL MAMPOER FARM 'Three things are a pest on any farmyard: a blue gum tree, a bitch on heat and a mampoer-still.' - somewhere on the Internet Highway They say mampoer is one of the signature alcohols of South Africa, the fighting ...
Chris Marais, Pat Hopkins, 2007
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Worst Journeys: An Anthology of South African Travel Disasters
In the middle of the room was a table laden with a selection of the region's finest mampoers – some bottles clothed in red or royal-blue dress suits; others, the Doringdraad Mampoer, were coiled with barbed wire to emphasise their lethal ...
‎2005
4
Place: A Collection of South African Travel and Landscape ...
Egbert van Bart, owner of The Art Factory Mampoer is lekker en mampoer is goed Want Marico se boere het mampoer vir bloed. Ons stook dit van perske, lemoene is goed Dit hou jou gesond en gee jou ook moed. Ons drink dit in die more, ...
Bridget Hilton-Barber, Pat Hopkins, 2007
5
A Drink of Dry Land
The newspaper where I once worked sent a photographer named Noel Watson and me to cover a mampoer (moonshine liquor, sometimes also affectionately called stook) festival in these parts. For good luck we took along some beers and a ...
Chris Marais, Julienne Du Toit, 2006
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The Regime- Looking In
At this time distilling your own alcohol, called peach brandy, or a more dangerous concoction called “Mampoer” was strictly verboten. The police had special instructions to clamp down on this practice by finding and destroying illegal stills and ...
John J. Murphy, 2012
7
Way Up, Way Out: A Satirical Novel
It was mampoer mat eventually got rid of him. Try this recipe: 2 good tots mampoer, maroela or witblits i e white lightning whipped up with a cup of fresh cream. Melt 2 tblspns butter with a nice big dollop of Seville orange marmalade, pour this ...
‎1998
8
Anthropology of southern Africa in periodicals to 1950: an ...
Mampoer at — 's nl09 supports Mampoer si 10-1 1 1 sub-chief of Niabel, surrenders n 1 24 commandeered in war against Niabel nl22 his subjects commandeered for war against Mampoer & Niabel nl26 son of Sekwati, older than either ...
Nicolaas Jacobus Van Warmelo, 1977
9
Ratrigues and the Invisible Intelligence
Watermelon and Mampoer: Steal one smallish watermelon along with one large bottle of homemade distilled peach mampoer (very much like peach schnapps but filled with healthy organic impurities) from the back of the farmer's truck.
Graham Deeks, 2011
10
Dances with Devils: A Journalist's Search for Truth
Botes was having none of it and took us to his smallholding, where he produced a bottle of pear mampoer (potent traditional liquor). We sat at the table gulping down the hellish concoction. After two or three tots, we protested that we could not ...
Jacques Pauw, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAMPOER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mampoer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Naas van Bonkers Boere Orkes
At this time distilling your own alcohol, called peach brandy, or a more dangerous concoction called “Mampoer” was strictly verboten. «News24, Jul 15»
2
Ismail Lagardien
... along bone-crushingly bumpy, rural roads, the young men drunk on cheap beer and mampoer, and roaring with laughter and triumphalism. «Daily Maverick, May 15»
3
Steve Hofmeyr plays at Orania at last
And what else but to have a sip or two of the local mampoer. Many friendly people came to introduce themselves. Couples were doing serious ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Mar 15»
4
Two Bosman weekends in March
“After debating for most of a day and a night, the mampoer was finished and we had to make a decision. So we decided to do both.” «Platinum Weekly, Feb 15»
5
Lefra Productions' OOM SCHALK, GROTMAN and LIEWE HEKSIE …
He is also very fond of Mampoer and women. Herman Charles Bosman outlined his character so well and his stories are so well written that ... «Broadway World, Nov 14»
6
Presenting Nobody's Business, Thabo Jijana's Searing Investigation …
Nobody's Business was first published as a Mampoer Short. About the author. Thabo Jijana was born in Peddie, in the Eastern Cape. In 2011 ... «Books LIVE, Oct 14»
7
Shandur Polo Festival
Only after we were fortified with a mug of local Mulberry liquor (hey, call it Mampoer) did he tell us that the horses had left at midnight and Gilgit ... «POLO+10 The Polo Magazine, Aug 14»
8
Waterkloof 4: Hawks investigate blackmail claim
Christoff Bekker's mother Mariette has claimed that an inmate at the Kgosi Mampoer prison in Pretoria has threatened to leak videos of her son ... «Eyewitness News, Jun 14»
9
Oom Schalk visits with a story to tell
With just a mug of mampoer (a home-made brandy), his pipe and his hat, Oom Schalk is set to bring Durban some of the best stories and ... «Independent Online, Jun 14»
10
Oom Schalk, from the Heart
... shot of peach mampoer.” In a similar vein, The Argus reviewer Beverley Brommert commented that in assuming the mantle of Oom Schalk, ... «Artslink.co.za News, Jun 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mampoer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mampoer>. May 2024 ».
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