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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).
1. (language)
a. Mandarin Chinese
Daniel veut créer une application pour que les gens puissent apprendre le mandarin.Daniel wants to create an app so that people can learn Mandarin Chinese.
2. (history)
a. mandarin
Dans la Chine impériale, seuls les érudits les plus brillants pouvaient devenir mandarins.In Imperial China, only the most brilliant scholars could become mandarins.
3. (figurative) (influential and authoritarian scholar)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. mandarin
Ces jeunes chercheurs ont du mal à se faire une place face aux vieux mandarins.These young researchers struggle to make a place for themselves against the old mandarins.
4. (animal)
a. mandarin duck
Nous avons vu des mandarins au plumage orange et bleu près de l’étang.We saw mandarin ducks with orange and blue plumage near the pond.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
a. Mandarin Chinese
Ce département de linguistique propose des cours de syntaxe mandarine.This Linguistics department offers courses in Mandarin Chinese syntax.
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