mandel

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmanˀəl]

mandel c (singular definite mandlen, plural indefinite mandler)

1. almond (nut and tree)

• mandelolie c

Borrowed from Low German mandel, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnd̥el/, [ˈmɑnd̥el]

mandel (genitive mandli, partitive mandlit)

1. almond
2. tonsil

• mandlipiim

• “mandel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “mandel”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• mandel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

mandel m (definite singular mandelen, indefinite plural mandler, definite plural mandlene)

1. an almond (edible nut)
2. (anatomy) a tonsil

• mandelbetennelse

• “mandel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

mandel m (definite singular mandelen, indefinite plural mandlar, definite plural mandlane)

1. an almond (edible nut)
2. (anatomy) a tonsil

• mandelbetennelse
• mandelgåve

• “mandel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mandla (Surmiran, Vallader)

Borrowed from German Mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Late Latin amygdala.

mandel m (plural mandels)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) almond
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, anatomy) tonsil

From German Mandel (“almond”). Doublet of amygdala and mandorla.

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mandel c

1. an almond, a kind of nut
2. a tonsil

• → Finnish: manteli

• mandel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mandel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mandel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)