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Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/�mænd�rɪn/, SAMPA|/"m{nd@rIn/
a|US IPA|/�mænd�rɪn/, SAMPA|/"m{nd@rIn/

Hyphenation: man·da·rin
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd�rɪn|-ænd�rɪn

Etymology 1
From Spanish mandarín and Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri, from Sanskrit मन�त�रिन� (mantrin), "minister", "councillor", from मन�त�र (mantra) "counsel", "maxim", "mantra" + -�न� (in), an agent suffix.

Noun
en-noun

1. historical A government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
2. An important person; especially a secretive or elitist government bureaucrat.
3. A mandarin duck.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|Chinese Imperial official
Chinese: � (gu�n)
Dutch: mandarijn m
Esperanto: mandareno
Finnish: mandariini
French: mandarin#French|mandarin m
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German: Mandarin m
Greek: μανδα�ίνο� (manðarínos) n
Italian: mandarino m
Portuguese: mandarim m
Russian: манда�ин m
Swedish: mandarin#Swedish|mandarin c
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trans-top|important person, bureaucrat
Greek: γ�α�ειοκ�ά�η� (grafiokratis) m
Portuguese: mandarim m
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Swedish: byråkrat c, mandarin#Swedish|mandarin c, pamp c
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mandarin duck: See mandarin duck

Adjective
en-adj

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

Etymology 2
From French mandarine, feminine of #French|mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|fruit
Greek: μαν�α�ίνι (mantaríni) n, �ε�γαμ�ν�ο (pergamonto) n
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Portuguese: mandarina f, tangerina f, bergamota f
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ttbc|Bulgarian: манда�ин m (2)
ttbc|Polish: Mandaryn m, mandarynka f (3)
ttbc|Spanish: mandarín m (1, 2), mandarina f (3)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology
S.|crh mandarín#Spanish|mandarín.

Noun
mandarin

1. mandarin (fruit).

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

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French

Noun
fr-noun|m

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

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