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Meaning of mandolin | Babel Free

Noun masculine
man.du.liːn

Definitions

  1. mandolin; eight stringed instrument in the lute family
    masculine
  2. clipping of mandolinjern (“mandoline”); cooking utensil used for slicing and cutting juliennes
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine

Examples

“Han kan spille tusenvis av melodier på mandolinen!”

He can play thousands of melodies on his mandolin!

“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]

“Et par briller og en glatt gullring, en mandolin.”

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

“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.

“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.

“Mandolinen er eit vellydande instrument med en lang historie.”

The mandolin is a euphonic instrument with a long history.

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

… and then the racket started. Accordion and guitar, tambourines and mandolin.

“Eit verktøy som alle treng: mandolinen.”

A utensil everyone needs: the mandoline.

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