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| − | # A [[mandarin orange]] tree. | + | # A [[mandarin orange]] tree, ''[[Citrus reticulata]]''. |
| | # An orange colour. | | # An orange colour. |
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Latest revision as of 01:44, 1 November 2013
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri [Devanagari?], from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, "minister, councillor"), from मन्त्र (mantra, "counsel, maxim, mantra") + -इन् (-in, "an agent suffix").
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
Chinese Imperial bureaucrat
elitist bureaucrat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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academic or literary elitist
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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informal: senior civil servant
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
From French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
mandarin (plural mandarins)
- A mandarin orange; a small, sweet citrus fruit.
- A mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata.
- An orange colour.
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External links[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spanish mandarín.
mandarin
- mandarin (fruit)
Declension[edit]
declension of mandarin
| nominative | mandarin |
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| genitive | mandarinniñ |
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| dative | mandaringe |
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| accusative | mandarinni |
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| locative | mandarinde |
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| ablative | mandarinden |
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References[edit]
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese mandarim.
mandarin c (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner)
- mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
- mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)
Inflection[edit]
mandarin n
- Mandarin
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish mandarin, from Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri [Devanagari?], from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, "minister, councillor"), from मन्त्र (mantra, "counsel, maxim, mantra") + -इन् (-in, "an agent suffix").
mandarin f (genitive singular mandarinar, plural mandarinir)
- mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)
Declension[edit]
| 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 |
mandarin n (genitive singular mandarins)
- Mandarin
Declension[edit]
| Singular |
| Indefinite |
| Nominative | mandarin |
| Accusative | mandarin |
| Dative | mandarini |
| Genitive | mandarins |
See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mandarin m (feminine mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines)
- mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
mandarin m (uncountable)
- Mandarin (language)
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmɒndɒrin/
- Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin
Adjective[edit]
mandarin (not comparable)
- mandarin (fruit)
mandarin (plural mandarinok)
- (historical) mandarin
- (singular only) Mandarin (language)
- mandarin (fruit)
Wikipedia hu
Declension[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /mandǎriːn/
- Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin
mandàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling манда̀рӣн)
- mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
mandarin c
- mandarin orange
- (historical) mandarin; a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
- (non-inflectable, not comparable) Mandarin
Declension[edit]
