Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandela

/mænˈdɛlə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: man-dela
IPA: /mænˈdɛlə/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.

verb

To experience the Mandela effect.

Example Sentences

"Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room."
"This scenario would hark back to the post-apartheid era when South Africa operated under a GNU to oversee the new constitution, led by Mandela as president and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as deputy presidents, between April 1994 and February 1997."

Etymology

Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.

Inflected Forms

Mandelas (present, singular) Mandelaing (participle, present) Mandelaed (participle, past) Mandelaed (past)

Derived Forms

Mandelian

Phrases

Mandela effect

Rhymes With

umbrella bella stella ella fella isabella cinderella della mozzarella salmonella novella ela

Questions

How do you pronounce mandela?: The recorded pronunciation is /mænˈdɛlə/.
What does mandela mean?: A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.
Where does mandela come from?: Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.

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