mandarino

See also: Mandarino

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.daˈri.no/
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧rì‧no

Etymology 1

From mandarino, because its color's resemblance to the robes of mandarins.

Adjective

mandarino (invariable)

1. mandarin (in color/colour)

Noun

mandarino m (plural mandarini)

1. mandarin orange, mandarin (fruit and tree)
2. mandarin (color)

Descendants

• → Maltese: mandolina
• → Turkish: mandalina

Derived terms

• mandarancio (“clementine”)

Related terms

• mandarinetto

 

Etymology 2

From Portuguese mandarim

Adjective

mandarino (feminine singular mandarina, masculine plural mandarini, feminine plural mandarine)

1. Mandarin, Chinese

Noun 1

mandarino m (plural mandarini)

1. mandarin (bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)
2. (by extension) mandarin (pedantic or elitist bureaucrat)

Noun 2

mandarino m (uncountable)

1. Mandarin (language)

   Synonym: cinese mandarino

Related terms

• mandarina
• mandarinato
• mandarinesco
• mandarinismo

 

Anagrams

• madonnari, mandriano, marinando, Normandia, rimandano

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandaˈɾino/, [mãn̪.d̪aˈɾi.no]

Noun

mandarino m (plural mandarinos)

1. mandarine tree