Phrase guide

mandarin orange

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mandarin, tangerine[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mandarin, tangerine[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of mandarin orange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mandarin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit

Narrower terms: clementine, satsuma, tangerine

5

noun

Meaning 5

shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mandarin, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: citrus, citrus tree

Narrower terms: tangerine, tangerine tree, clementine, clementine tree, satsuma, satsuma tree

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nartjie — fruit
  • Albanian: mandarinë — fruit
  • Arabic: يُوسُفِيّ (yūsufiyy) — fruit
  • Arabic: يُوسُف أَفَنْدِي (yūsuf ʔafandī) — fruit
  • Arabic: يوستفندي (yustafandi) — fruit
  • Arabic: يستفندية (yustafandia) — fruit
  • Arabic: يستفندياية (yustafandiaia) — fruit
  • Arabic: سفندية (safandeya) — fruit
  • Arabic: يوسف أفندي (yūsif ʔafandi) — fruit
  • Arabic: أفندي (ʔafandi) — fruit
  • Arabic: مندرينة (mandarīna) — fruit
  • Arabic: مندلينا (mandalīna) — fruit
  • Armenian: մանդարին (mandarin) — fruit
  • Asturian: mandarina — fruit
  • Azerbaijani: mandarin — fruit
  • Azerbaijani: naringi — fruit
  • Basque: mandarina — fruit
  • Basque: mandarinondo — fruit
  • Belarusian: мандары́н (mandarýn) — fruit
  • Bengali: কমলা লেবু (komola lebu) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: мандари́на (mandarína) — fruit
  • Catalan: mandarina — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜜柑 (mìgān) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橘子 (júzi) — fruit
  • Crimean Tatar: mandarin — fruit
  • Czech: mandarinka — fruit
  • Danish: mandarin — fruit
  • Dutch: mandarijn — fruit
  • Esperanto: mandarino — fruit
  • Estonian: mandariin — fruit
  • Faroese: mandarin — fruit
  • Finnish: mandariini — fruit
  • French: mandarine — fruit
  • North Frisian: Mandariin — fruit
  • Georgian: მანდარინი (mandarini) — fruit
  • German: Mandarine — fruit
  • Greek: μανταρίνι (mantaríni) — fruit
  • Gujarati: નારંગી (nāraṅgī) — fruit
  • Hebrew: מַנדָרִין (mandarin) — fruit
  • Hindi: नारंगी (nāraṅgī) — fruit
  • Hindi: मैंडरिन (maiṇḍrin) — fruit
  • Hungarian: mandarin — fruit
  • Icelandic: mandarína — fruit
  • Ido: mandarino — fruit
  • Indonesian: jeruk keprok — fruit
  • Irish: mandairín — fruit
  • Italian: mandarino — fruit
  • Japanese: 蜜柑 (mikan) — fruit
  • Kalmyk: тошл (toşl) — fruit
  • Kazakh: мандарин (mandarin) — fruit
  • Khmer: ក្រូចយួន (krooc yuən) — fruit
  • Korean: 귤 (gyul) — fruit
  • Korean: 밀감 (milgam) — fruit
  • Kyrgyz: мандарин (mandarin) — fruit
  • Lao: ສົ້ມລົດ (som lot) — fruit
  • Lao: ສົ້ມຮົດ (som hot) — fruit
  • Latvian: mandarīns — fruit
  • Lithuanian: mandarinas — fruit
  • Low German: Mandarien — fruit
  • Macedonian: мандари́на (mandarína) — fruit
  • Malay: limau mandarin — fruit
  • Maltese: mandolina — fruit
  • Māori: manarini — fruit
  • Nahuatl: otonlalaxtli — fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mandarin — fruit
  • Occitan: mandarina — fruit
  • Persian: نارنگی (nârengi) — fruit
  • Persian: ماندارین (mândârin) — fruit
  • Polish: mandarynka — fruit
  • Portuguese: tangerina — fruit
  • Portuguese: bergamota — fruit
  • Portuguese: mexerica — fruit
  • Portuguese: mimosa — fruit
  • Romanian: mandarină — fruit
  • Russian: мандари́н (mandarín) — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: мандарина — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: тангерина — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: mandarina — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: tangerina — fruit
  • Sicilian: mannarinu — fruit
  • Sinhalese: දොඩම් (doḍam) — fruit
  • Slovak: mandarínka — fruit
  • Slovene: mandarinovec — fruit
  • Spanish: mandarina — fruit
  • Spanish: naranja mandarina — fruit
  • Swedish: mandarin — fruit
  • Tagalog: dalanghita — fruit
  • Tagalog: naranghita — fruit
  • Tajik: норанг (norang) — fruit
  • Tajik: мандарин (mandarin) — fruit
  • Thai: ส้มแมนดาริน (sôm maen-daa-rin) — fruit
  • Thai: ส้มจีน (sôm jiin) — fruit
  • Tigrinya: መንደሪኒ (mändärini) — fruit
  • Turkish: mandalina — fruit
  • Turkmen: mandarin — fruit
  • Ukrainian: мандари́н (mandarýn) — fruit
  • Uzbek: mandarin — fruit
  • Vietnamese: quýt — fruit
  • Wolof: màndarin — fruit
  • Yiddish: מאַנדאַרין (mandarin) — fruit
  • Asturian: mandarinal — tree
  • Basque: mandarinondo — tree
  • Catalan: mandariner — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桔子樹 /桔子树 (júzi shù) — tree
  • Czech: mandarinkovník — tree
  • Dutch: mandarijnenboom — tree
  • Esperanto: mandarinarbo — tree
  • Esperanto: mandarinujo — tree
  • Estonian: mandariinipuu — tree
  • Finnish: mandariini — tree
  • Finnish: mandariinipuu — tree
  • French: mandarinier — tree
  • German: Mandarine — tree
  • Greek: μανταρινιά (mantariniá) — tree
  • Gujarati: નારંગી (nāraṅgī) — tree
  • Hungarian: mandarin — tree
  • Ido: mandariniero — tree
  • Irish: crann mandairíní — tree
  • Italian: mandarino — tree
  • Japanese: 蜜柑 (mikan) — tree
  • Kalmyk: тошл (toşl) — tree
  • Korean: 귤나무 (gyullamu) — tree
  • Korean: 밀감 (milgam) — tree
  • Latvian: mandarīns — tree
  • Macedonian: мандари́на (mandarína) — tree
  • Maltese: mandolina — tree
  • Polish: mandarynka — tree
  • Portuguese: tangerineira — tree
  • Portuguese: bergamoteira — tree
  • Portuguese: mexeriqueira — tree
  • Romanian: mandarin — tree
  • Russian: мандари́н (mandarín) — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: мандарина — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: тангерина — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: mandarina — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: tangerina — tree
  • Sicilian: mannarina — tree
  • Slovak: mandarínkovník — tree
  • Slovene: mandarina — tree
  • Spanish: mandarino — tree
  • Swedish: mandarinträd — tree
  • Turkish: mandalina — tree
  • Vietnamese: quýt — tree