mandarin
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈmæn.dər.ɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"m{n.d@r.In/
- (US) IPA: /ˈmæn.dɚ.ɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"m{n.d@`.In/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin
Etymology 1
From Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
Noun
mandarin (plural mandarins)
- (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
- A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
- (often pejorative) A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.
- A mandarin duck.
- (informal, UK) A senior civil servant.
Derived terms
- mandarinate
- mandarinism
- mandarinship
Translations
Chinese Imperial bureaucrat
elitist bureaucrat
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academic or literary elitist
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informal: senior civil servant
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Adjective
mandarin (comparative more mandarin, superlative most mandarin)
- Pertaining to mandarins.
- Deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, elaborate.
- 2007: Though alert to riddles' strong roots in vernacular narrative, Cook's tastes are mandarin, and she gives a loving account of Wallace Stevens's meditations on the life of poetic images and simile — Marina Warner, ‘Doubly Damned’, London Review of Books 29:3, p. 26
Etymology 2
From French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
Noun
mandarin (plural mandarins)
- A mandarin orange; a small, sweet citrus fruit.
- A mandarin orange tree.
- An orange colour.
Translations
fruit
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tree
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Anagrams
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Spanish mandarín.
Noun
mandarin
- mandarin (fruit)
Declension
declension of mandarin
| nominative | mandarin |
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| genitive | mandarinniñ |
| dative | mandaringe |
| accusative | mandarinni |
| locative | mandarinde |
| ablative | mandarinden |
References
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
Danish
Etymology
From Portuguese mandarim.
Noun
mandarin c (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner)
- mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
- mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)
Inflection
Inflection of mandarin
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | mandarin | mandarinen | mandariner | mandarinerne |
| genitive | mandarins | mandarinens | mandariners | mandarinernes |
Noun
mandarin n
Faroese
Etymology
From Danish mandarin, from Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
Noun
mandarin f (genitive singular mandarinar, plural mandarinir)
- mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)
Declension
| f2 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mandarin | mandarinin | mandarinir | mandarinirnar |
| Accusative | mandarin | mandarinina | mandarinir | mandarinirnar |
| Dative | mandarin | mandarinini | mandarinum | mandarinunum |
| Genitive | mandarinar | mandarinarinnar | mandarina | mandarinanna |
Noun
mandarin n (genitive singular mandarins)
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | mandarin |
| Accusative | mandarin |
| Dative | mandarini |
| Genitive | mandarins |
See also
- mandarinur
French
Adjective
mandarin m (feminine mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines)
- mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
Noun
mandarin m (uncountable)
- Mandarin (language)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɒndɒrin/
- Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin
Adjective
mandarin (not comparable)
- mandarin (fruit)
Noun
mandarin (plural mandarinok)
- (historical) mandarin
- (singular only) Mandarin (language)
- mandarin (fruit)
Declension
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declension of mandarin
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possessives of mandarin
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mandǎriːn/
- Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin
Noun
mandàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling манда̀рӣн)
- mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
Declension
declension of mandarin
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | mandàrīn | mandarini |
| genitive | mandarína | mandarina |
| dative | mandarinu | mandarinima |
| accusative | mandarina | mandarine |
| vocative | mandarine | mandarini |
| locative | mandarinu | mandarinima |
| instrumental | mandarinom | mandarinima |
Swedish
Noun
mandarin c
- mandarin orange
- (historical) mandarin; a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
- (non-inflectable, not comparable) Mandarin
Declension
Declension of mandarin
| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | mandarin | mandarinen | mandariner | mandarinerna |
| genitive | mandarins | mandarinens | mandariners | mandarinernas |