mandarinal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mandarinal (comparative more mandarinal, superlative most mandarinal)
- Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.
- 1967, Joseph Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, page 116:
- Mandarinal Vietnam lasted because the foundations on which it was built remained forever the same.
- 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 179:
- Pasquier […] admired and promoted the mandarinal administrative system.
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mandarina (“mandarin orange (fruit)”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mandarinal f (plural mandarinales)
- mandarin orange (tree)
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mandarinal (feminine mandarinale, masculine plural mandarinaux, feminine plural mandarinales)
Further reading[edit]
- “mandarinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.