English

Noun

jungle ‎(plural jungles)

1. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
2. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

   It’s a jungle out there.

   • Thomas Carlyle

     […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]

3. (slang) An area where hobos camp together.
4. (uncountable) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• rainforest

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English jungle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔnɡlə/, [ˈd̥jɔŋlə]

Noun

jungle c (singular definite junglen, plural indefinite jungler)

1. jungle

Inflection

External links

• jungle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English jungle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒœ̃ɡl/, (rarer, dated) IPA^(key): /ʒɔ̃ɡl/

Noun

jungle f ‎(plural jungles)

1. jungle (all senses)