mandorla

mandorla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandorla. Doublet of almond and amygdala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mænˈdɔː(ɹ)lə/

Noun

mandorla (plural mandorlas)

1. A vesica piscis-shaped aureola that surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, or represents God the Father (who is not traditionally depicted) in traditional Eastern Christian art.
   • 2005, Andreas Andreopoulos, Metamorphosis: The Transfiguration in Byzantine Theology and Iconography:

     In addition, the mandorla may be considered on a more primal level as an archetypically ritual shape that transcends conscious and intentional symbolism, thus falling under the category of the mandala.

Translations

A vesica piscis-shaped aureola

Catalan: màndorla (ca) f French: mandorle (fr) f Galician: mandorla (gl) f German: Mandorla (de) f Polish: mandorla (pl) f Russian: мандо́рла (ru) f (mandórla)

Anagrams

• malandro

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmandorla]

Noun

mandorla

1. mandorla

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Galician

A mandorla illustrates the Historia Turpini of the Codex Calixtinus

Etymology

From Italian mandorla. Doublet of améndoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdɔɾla̝/

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

1. mandorla

References

• “mandorla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “mandorla” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• mandola

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.dor.la/
• Rhymes: -andorla
• Hyphenation: màn‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorle)

1. almond (fruit/nut)

Related terms

• mandorlato
• mandorlo

Descendants

• → English: mandorla
• → Galician: mandorla
• → Polish: mandorla
• → Serbo-Croatian: mandula

Further reading

• mandorla on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• mandarlo

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandorla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdɔr.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔrla
• Syllabification: man‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f

1. (art) mandorla

Declension

Declension of mandorla

	singular	plural
nominative	mandorla	mandorle
genitive	mandorli	mandorli
dative	mandorli	mandorlom
accusative	mandorlę	mandorle
instrumental	mandorlą	mandorlami
locative	mandorli	mandorlach
vocative	mandorlo	mandorle

Further reading

• mandorla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mandorla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔʁ.lɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈdɔɦ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔʁ.lɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈdɔɦ.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɾ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔʁ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɻ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɾ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: man‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

1. mandorla

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdoɾla/ [mãn̪ˈd̪oɾ.la]
• Rhymes: -oɾla
• Syllabification: man‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

1. mandorla

Further reading

• “mandorla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

mandorla c

1. mandorla

Declension

Declension of mandorla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mandorla	mandorlan	mandorlor	mandorlorna
Genitive	mandorlas	mandorlans	mandorlors	mandorlornas

Further reading

• mandorla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)