mongolian

CEFRB2

/mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to Mongolia, its people, or its language.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Relating to or affected with Down syndrome.

Examples

  • Mongolian is spoken in some parts of China and Russia.

  • The Mongolian dinosaur was sold in New York for a million dollars.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Mongolian (“relating to or affected with Down syndrome”).

More examples

In context

  • There are six sentences in Mongolian in Tatoeba as of now.

  • He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian custom lived in the devoted spiritual state.

  • The Mongolian characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward.

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Origin

adjective

Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.