mandarinal
English
Etymology
From mandarin + -al.
Adjective
mandarinal (comparative more mandarinal, superlative most mandarinal)
- Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.
- 1967, Joseph Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, p. 116:
- Mandarinal Vietnam lasted because the foundations on which it was built remained forever the same.
- 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin 2017, p. 179:
- Pasquier […] admired and promoted the mandarinal administrative system.
- 1967, Joseph Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, p. 116:
Asturian
Etymology
From mandarina (“mandarin orange (fruit)”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mandaɾiˈnal/, [mãn̪.d̪a.ɾiˈnal]
Noun
mandarinal f (plural mandarinales)
- mandarin orange (tree)
French
Adjective
mandarinal (feminine mandarinale, masculine plural mandarinaux, feminine plural mandarinales)
- mandarinal
Further reading
- “mandarinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.