mandarin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Adjective 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.3 References 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.3 Noun 4 French 4.1 Noun 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 6 Serbian 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Swedish 7.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmæn.dər.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"m{n.d@r.In/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmæn.dɚ.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"m{n.d@`.In/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin

[edit] Etymology 1

From Spanish mandarín and 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’”).

[edit] Noun

mandarin (plural mandarins)

1. (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
2. A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
3. A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles, often used pejoratively.
4. A mandarin duck.
5. (British) A senior civil servant.

[edit] Derived terms

• mandarinate
• mandarinism
• mandarinship

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mandarin (comparative more mandarin, superlative most mandarin)

1. Pertaining to mandarins.
2. 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

[edit] Etymology 2

From French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.

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mandarin (plural mandarins)

1. A mandarin orange; a small, sweet citrus fruit.
2. A mandarin orange tree.
3. An orange colour.

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[edit] Etymology

Spanish mandarín.

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mandarin

1. mandarin (fruit).

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[edit] References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Portuguese mandarim.

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mandarin c. (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner)

1. mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
2. mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)

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mandarin n.

1. (linguistics) Mandarin

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mandarin m. (plural mandarins)

1. mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
2. Mandarin (language)

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒndɒrin/
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧rin

[edit] Adjective

mandarin (not comparable)

1. mandarin (fruit)

[edit] Noun

mandarin (plural mandarinok)

1. (historical) mandarin
2. (singular only) Mandarin (language)
3. mandarin (fruit)

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[edit] Declension

declension of mandarin singular plural nominative mandarin mandarinok accusative mandarint mandarinokat dative mandarinnak mandarinoknak instrumental mandarinnal mandarinokkal causal-final mandarinért mandarinokért translative mandarinná mandarinokká terminative mandarinig mandarinokig essive-formal mandarinként mandarinokként essive-modal - - inessive mandarinban mandarinokban superessive mandarinon mandarinokon adessive mandarinnál mandarinoknál illative mandarinba mandarinokba sublative mandarinra mandarinokra allative mandarinhoz mandarinokhoz elative mandarinból mandarinokból delative mandarinról mandarinokról ablative mandarintól mandarinoktól

possessives of mandarin possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. mandarinom mandarinjaim 2nd person sing. mandarinod mandarinjaid 3rd person sing. mandarinja mandarinjai 1st person plural mandarinunk mandarinjaink 2nd person plural mandarinotok mandarinjaitok 3rd person plural mandarinjuk mandarinjaik

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mandarin m. (plural mandarini) (Cyrillic spelling мандарин)

1. mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

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Inflection for mandarin	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	mandarin	mandarinen	mandariner	mandarinerna
Possessive form	mandarins	mandarinens	mandariners	mandarinernas

mandarin c.

1. mandarin orange
2. (historical) mandarin; a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
3. (non-inflectable, not comparable) Mandarin