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mandrill

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmæn.dɹɪl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: mandril
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N D R IH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mandrillus sphinx

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baboon

History

Etymology

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”). Displaced earlier English man-tiger. First attested in 1744.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Asturian: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Bulgarian: мандрил (mandril) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Catalan: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山魈 (shānxiāo) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Dutch: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Finnish: mandrilli — Mandrillus sphinx
  • French: mandrill — Mandrillus sphinx
  • German: Mandrill — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Irish: maindrill — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Italian: mandrillo — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Japanese: マンドリル (mandoriru) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Korean: 맨드릴 (maendeuril) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Macedonian: ма́ндрил (mándril) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Malay: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Navajo: mágí bíchį́į́h dootłʼizhígíí — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Polish: mandryl — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Portuguese: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Romanian: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Russian: мандри́л (mandríl) — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Spanish: mandril — Mandrillus sphinx
  • Vietnamese: khỉ mặt chó — Mandrillus sphinx