Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandarinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-dari-nal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.

Example Sentences

"Mandarinal Vietnam lasted because the foundations on which it was built remained forever the same."
"Pasquier […] admired and promoted the mandarinal administrative system."

Etymology

From mandarin + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mandarin

Inflected Forms

more mandarinal (comparative) most mandarinal (superlative)

Questions

What does mandarinal mean?: Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.
Where does mandarinal come from?: From mandarin + -al.

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