mandolin

• mandoline

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændəlɪn/

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mandolin (plural mandolins)

2. (music) 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.
4. A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

• mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin

mandolin (third-person singular simple present mandolins, present participle mandolining, simple past and past participle mandolined)

1. To slice using a madolin; to julienne.
   • 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation‎^[1], Random House, →ISBN:

     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.

• Mandolin (musical instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mandoline (kitchen tool) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:mandolins on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from Italian mandarino.

• IPA^(key): /man.dɔˈliːn/

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mandolin m (collective, singulative mandolina, paucal mandoliniet)

1. mandarin oranges, mandarins

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola.

• IPA^(key): /man.du.liːn/, [mɑn.dʊ.ˈliːn]

mandolin m (definite singular mandolinen, indefinite plural mandoliner, definite plural mandolinene)

1. (music) mandolin; eight stringed instrument in the lute family

   Han kan spille tusenvis av melodier på mandolinen!

   He can play thousands of melodies on his mandolin!

   • 2001, Kaizers Orchestra, Bøn fra helvete:

     Hey, Tony, legg nå ner din mandolin, for det er din tur til å spinne magasinet!

     Hey, Tony, put down your mandolin, because it's your turn to spin the magazine! [sic, a revolver does not have a magazine]

   • 1998, Merete Lien, Vinterlys:

     Et par briller og en glatt gullring, en mandolin.

     A pair of glasses and a smooth, golden ring, a mandolin.

2. (cooking) Clipping of mandolinjern (“mandoline”); cooking utensil used for slicing and cutting juliennes

   Man trenger ikke alltid spesielle verktøy når man lager mat, men en mandolin kan komme til bruk hvis man eventuelt må skjære tynne skiver.

   You don't always need special utensils when cooking food, but a mandoline could potentially come in handy if you need to cut thin slices.

   • 2014, Elisabeth Dalseg, Slik velger du mandolin, DinSide:

     Du kan være så flink med kniven du bare vil. Men selv profesjonelle kokker tyr til mandolinen når de skal skjære syltynne skiver av matvarer.

     You can be as good with a knife as you want. But even professional cooks resort to the mandoline when they need to cut thin slices of food.

“mandolin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“mandolin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola.

• IPA^(key): /man.du.liːn/, [mɑn.dʊ.ˈliːn]

mandolin m (definite singular mandolinen, indefinite plural mandolinar, definite plural mandolinane)

1. (music) mandolin; eight stringed instrument in the lute family

   Mandolinen er eit vellydande instrument med en lang historie.

   The mandolin is a euphonic instrument with a long history.

   • 2012, Atle Hansen, Syng meg heim!, Wigestrand:

     [...] så var spetakkelet laus. Trekkspel og gitar, tamburinar og mandolin.

     [...] and then the racket started. Accordion and guitar, tambourines and mandolin.

2. (cooking) Clipping of mandolinjern (“mandoline”); cooking utensil used for slicing and cutting juliennes

   Eit verktøy som alle treng: mandolinen.

   A utensil everyone needs: the mandoline.

“mandolin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Ottoman Turkish ماندولین (mandolin), from French mandoline.

mandolin (definite accusative mandolini, plural mandolinler)

1. mandolin