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[man-duh-rin] 
–noun
| 1. | (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) the standard Chinese language. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter) a northern Chinese dialect, esp. as spoken in and around Beijing. |
| 4. | a small, spiny citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, native to China, bearing lance-shaped leaves and flattish, orange-yellow to deep-orange loose-skinned fruit, some varieties of which are called tangerines. |
| 5. | any of several plants belonging to the genus Disporum or Streptopus, of the lily family, as S. roseus (rose mandarin) or D. lanuginosum (yellow mandarin), having drooping flowers and red berries. |
| 6. | an influential or powerful government official or bureaucrat. |
| 7. | a member of an elite or powerful group or class, as in intellectual or cultural milieus: the mandarins of the art world. |
–adjective
| 8. | of or pertaining to a mandarin or mandarins. |
| 9. | elegantly refined, as in language or taste. |
Origin:
1580–90; < Pg mandarim, alter. (by assoc. with mandar to order) of Malay məntəri < Hindi mantrī, Skt mantrin councilor
1580–90; < Pg mandarim, alter. (by assoc. with mandar to order) of Malay məntəri < Hindi mantrī, Skt mantrin councilor
tan⋅ge⋅rine
[tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen] –noun
| 1. | Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, esp. in the U.S. |
| 2. | deep orange; reddish orange. |
–adjective
| 3. | of the color tangerine; reddish-orange. |
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| man·da·rin (mān'də-rĭn) n.
[From Spanish mandarín, from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantrī, mantrin-, counselor, from mantraḥ, counsel; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Mandarin
Man`da*rin"\, n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr[=i] minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. 2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis) . Mandarin duck (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection. Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
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Language Translation for : mandarin
Spanish:
mandarina,
German:
die Mandarine,
Japanese:
みかん
mandarin
"Chinese official," 1589, via Port. mandarim or Du. mandorijn from Malay mantri, from Hindi mantri "councilor, minister of state," from Skt. mantri, nom. of mantrin- "advisor," from mantra "counsel," from PIE base *men- "to think" (see mind). Form infl. in Port. by mandar "to command, order." Used generically for the several grades of Chinese officials; sense of "chief dialect of Chinese" (spoken by officials and educated people) is from 1604. The type of small, deep-colored orange so called from 1771, from resemblance of its color to that of robes worn by mandarins.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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