mandril

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: mandrill

Noun

mandril (plural mandrils)

1. Alternative spelling of mandrel.

Verb

mandril (third-person singular simple present mandrils, present participle mandrilling, simple past and past participle mandrilled)

1. Alternative spelling of mandrel.

Anagrams

• rimland

Dutch

Mandrillus sphinx

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French mandrill (first attested in Dutch translations of Buffon), from English mandrill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑnˈdrɪl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: man‧dril
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

mandril m (plural mandrillen, no diminutive)

1. a mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) [from late 18th c.]

Related terms

• dril

Further reading

• mandril on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Estonian

Noun

mandril

1. adessive singular of mander
2. adessive singular of manner

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾiw/ [mɐ̃ˈdɾiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾil/ [mɐ̃ˈdɾiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾil/ [mɐ̃ˈdɾiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: man‧dril

Etymology 1

From Spanish mandril, from French mandrin, from Provençal mandre (“axle”), from Latin mamphur, ultimately borrowed from Oscan. See also Latin mandrón.

Noun

mandril m (plural mandris)

1. arbor (axis or shaft on a lathe)
2. mandrel, chuck (tool that grips or clamps something)
3. bit; drill bit (tip of a drill)
4. reamer (tool for precision holes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mandrill.

Noun

mandril m (plural mandris)

1. mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, a primate of Africa)

Further reading

• “mandril”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mandril”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mandril”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “mandril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “mandril”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Mandril

Etymology

Borrowed from French mandrill.

Noun

mandril m (plural mandrili)

1. mandrill

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mandril	mandrilul		mandrili	mandrilii
genitive-dative	mandril	mandrilului		mandrili	mandrililor
vocative	mandrilule			mandrililor

Spanish

mandril

Etymology

Borrowed from English mandrill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdɾil/ [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: man‧dril

Noun

mandril m (plural mandriles)

1. mandrill
2. chuck, mandrel

Further reading

• “mandril”, 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