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mandolin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmændə(ˌ)lɪn/
  • /ˌmændəˈlɪn/ (uncommon)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.

Meanings

  1. A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.
  2. A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

Forms

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mandolins Number=Plur lexicographic
mandoline alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

banjo-mandolin · mandolute · potato bug mandolin · combolin · mandolin-banjo · mandoliner · banjo mandolin · mandocello · mandolinlike · Japanese mandolin · guitalin · mandolinist

Relateds

mandola · mandolin-banjo · banjolin · manjo · banjo-mandolin

Translations (48)

th แมนโดลิน (musical instrument) · sw gambusi ndogo (musical instrument) · co mandulinu (musical instrument) · et mandoliin (kitchen tool) · tl mandolina (musical instrument) · ga slisneoir (kitchen tool) · es mandolina (musical instrument) · cmn 曼多林 (musical instrument) · fi mandoliini (musical instrument) · de Krauthobel (kitchen tool) · hu mandolin (musical instrument) · es mandolina (kitchen tool) · cmn 洋琵琶 (musical instrument) · ko 만돌린 (musical instrument) · uk мандоліна (musical instrument) · pl mandolina (musical instrument) · gl mandolina (musical instrument) · sl mandolina (musical instrument) · ru мандоли́на (musical instrument) · pt bandolim (musical instrument) · bg ренде (kitchen tool) · mr मँडोलिन (musical instrument) · de Gemüsehobel (kitchen tool) · tr mandolin (musical instrument) · bg мандолина (kitchen tool) · eo mandolino (musical instrument) · io mandolino (musical instrument) · yi מאַנדאָלינע (musical instrument) · sv mandolin (musical instrument) · ca mandolina (musical instrument) · cs mandolína (musical instrument) · ro mandolină (musical instrument) · oc mandolina (musical instrument) · et mandoliin (musical instrument) · pt mandolina (kitchen tool) · fr mandoline (kitchen tool) · fi mandoliini (kitchen tool) · mk мандоли́на (musical instrument) · cmn 曼陀林 (musical instrument) · ja マンドリン (musical instrument) · it mandolino (musical instrument) · tr mandolin (kitchen tool) · de Mandoline (musical instrument) · el μαντολίνο (musical instrument) · bg мандолина (musical instrument) · lij mandolin (musical instrument) · ko 채칼 (kitchen tool) · fr mandoline (musical instrument)

mandolin en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmændə(ˌ)lɪn/
  • /ˌmændəˈlɪn/ (uncommon)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.

Meanings

  1. To slice using a madolin; to julienne.
    • One Monday night I peeled potatoes over the sink, ready to mandolin them into thin slices and bake on top of a pie I had a recipe for in the newspaper on Saturday. 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN:

Forms

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mandolining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mandoline alternative lexicographic
mandolined Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mandolined Tense=Past lexicographic
mandolins Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic