"mando" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmændəʊ/ Forms: more mando [comparative], most mando [superlative]
Rhymes: -ændəʊ Etymology: Clipping of mandatory + -o. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mandatory}} Clipping of mandatory, {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-adjective}} mando (comparative more mando, superlative most mando)
  1. (slang) Clipping of mandatory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: mandatory
    Sense id: en-mando-en-adj-hoC1GeOQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmændəʊ/ Forms: mandos [plural]
Rhymes: -ændəʊ Etymology: Clipping of mandatory + -o. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mandatory}} Clipping of mandatory, {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-noun}} mando (plural mandos)
  1. (disc golf, informal) A mandatory, a sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Disc golf
    Sense id: en-mando-en-noun-GFPFp0xq
  2. (Australia, colloquial) A mandatory subject taken at school. Tags: Australia, colloquial
    Sense id: en-mando-en-noun-4SNFa3c~ Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 28 24 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmændəʊ/ Forms: mandos [plural]
Rhymes: -ændəʊ Etymology: Clipping of mando. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mando}} Clipping of mando Head templates: {{en-noun}} mando (plural mandos)
  1. (music, informal) Clipping of mandolin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: mandolin Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-mando-en-noun-gJUiaIhG Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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