mandril

English

Pronunciation

Noun

mandril (plural mandrils)

  1. Alternative spelling of mandrel

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French mandrill (first attested in Dutch translations of Buffon), from English mandrill.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑnˈdrɪl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧dril
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

mandril m (plural mandrillen)

  1. A mandrill Mandrillus sphinx. [from late 18th c.]

Estonian

Noun

mandril

  1. adessive singular of mander
  2. adessive singular of manner

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Spanish mandril, from French mandrin, from Provençal mandre (“axle”), from Latin mamphur, ultimately borrowed from Oscan. See also Latin mandrón.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾiw/ [mɐ̃ˈdɾiʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾil/ [mɐ̃ˈdɾiɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɾi.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: man‧dril

Noun

mandril m (plural mandris)

  1. arbor (axis or shaft on a lathe)
  2. mandrel (tool that grips or clamps something)
  3. bit; drill bit (tip of a drill)
  4. reamer (tool for precision holes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mandrill.

Noun

mandril m (plural mandris)

  1. mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, a primate of Africa)

Romanian
Mandril

Etymology

Borrowed from French mandrill.

Noun

mandril m (plural mandrili)

  1. mandrill

Declension
Declension of mandril
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mandril mandrilul (niște) mandrili mandrilii
genitive/dative (unui) mandril mandrilului (unor) mandrili mandrililor
vocative mandrilule mandrililor

Spanish
mandril

Etymology

Borrowed from English mandrill.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manˈdɾil/ [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: man‧dril

Noun

mandril m (plural mandriles)

  1. mandrill

Further reading
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