mandarín

See also: mandarin and Mandarin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmandariːn]

Noun

mandarín m anim

1. mandarin (person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Galician

Alternative forms

• mandarim (reintegrationist)

Adjective

mandarín (feminine mandarina, masculine plural mandaríns, feminine plural mandarinas)

1. bossy

   Synonym: mandón

Noun

mandarín m (uncountable)

1. Mandarin (language)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmantaˌrin]

Noun

mandarín n (indeclinable)

1. Mandarin (language)

Declension

Declension of mandarín (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	mandarín
accusative	mandarín
dative	mandarín
genitive	mandarín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim, mandari, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) +‎ -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandaˈɾin/ [mãn̪.d̪aˈɾĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: man‧da‧rín

Adjective

mandarín (feminine mandarina, masculine plural mandarines, feminine plural mandarinas)

1. mandarin (referring to the language or historically the high government bureaucrats of Imperial China)

Noun

mandarín m (uncountable)

1. Mandarin (language)
   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Cada palabra escrita cuando se pronuncia es mutuamente incomprensible entre un hablante de mandarín en Beijing y un hablante de cantonés en Hong Kong.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

mandarín m (plural mandarines)

1. (historical) mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)

Derived terms

• chino mandarín
• diamante mandarín
• pato mandarín
• pez mandarín

Descendants

• → Crimean Tatar: mandarin (“mandarin orange”)
• → Tagalog: Mandarin (“language”)

Further reading

• “mandarín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025