mangent-ils

do they eat?

→ manger
phrase Rare #37,662
do they eat? Used to form a yes/no question with they/them. The subject comes after the verb in formal written French.
FR: Mangent-ils souvent au restaurant ?
EN: Do they eat out often?

Depuis quand les singes mangent-ils de la chair humaine?

Since when have monkeys been eating human flesh?

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)

Les lions mangent-ils du poisson?

Do lions eat fish?

À quelle heure mangent-ils?

What time do they eat?

Les Japonais mangent-ils beaucoup de poisson?

Do Japanese people eat a lot of fish?

Mangent-ils la pomme?

Do they eat the apple?

Les Allemands mangent-ils beaucoup de porc?

Do Germans eat a lot of pork?