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Plural of mandarin

regular plural

The plural of mandarin is mandarins.

Forms of mandarin

Singularmandarin /ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
Pluralmandarins
Countablecountable

Mandarins in a sentence

  • The mandarins who are managing this pandemic are fond of speaking of war.2020 April 3, Arundhati Roy, “The pandemic is a portal”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC
  • It is too proud, too austere, too true, and too tonically cruel to appeal to mandarins.1917, Arnold Bennett, Books and Persons. From the entry tonically
  • I normally make this with lemon, but it is also good with fragrant mandarins, which work well with aniseedy ouzo.2017, Catherine Phipps, “[Main courses] Whole Baked Fish with Lemon and Ouzo”, in Citrus: Recipes That Celebrate the Sour and the Sweet…. From the entry aniseedy
  • There are always seasonal treats to be gathered from our land: mangoes, oranges, guavas, mandarins, nuts, and the palm fruits tucuma and acai.2010 December 12, Peter Menzel, “Life on a Plate”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025. From the entry tucuma
  • While the mandarins in this recipe are amazingly healthy little packages of antioxidants and polymethoxylated flavonesxxvii, the refined sugar content makes these cupcakes a sometimes food.2012, Hannah Sforcina, Adam Morris, Love Thy Food: An Intimate Traverse into Mindful Eating, BookBaby, →ISBN. From the entry sometimes food

Meaning of mandarin

  1. noun A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
  2. noun A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
  3. noun A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.

Full definition of mandarin

Questions about the plural of mandarin

What is the plural of mandarin?
The plural of mandarin is mandarins.
Is mandarin countable?
Mandarin is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mandarin (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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