noun, feminine/fɑ̃ʒ/plural: fanges
filth, mire; filth, baseness, debauchery; fen, swamp
Inherited from Middle French fange, from Old French fange (“mud, addle, mire”), from Vulgar Latin *fanga ~ *fangus (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare Spanish and Italian fango m. Doublet of fagne (“marshland, fen”).