mainada

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan maisnada, maisonada, from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō ("dwelling"). In the sense of "children", it originally meant all children in a particular household.

Pronunciation

Noun

mainada f (plural mainades)

  1. (collective, historical) a company of armed men in the service of a lord
  2. (collective) children
    Synonyms: canalla, quitxalla
    • 1971, Joan Arús, “Nit de Reis”, in Les veus de la nit:
      Ja sé que tomareu com cada anyada,
      vinguts d'estranys, misteriosos mons,
      oh Mags!, desvetlladors d'il·lusion
      en els cors innocents de la mainada.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāta, from Latin mansiō ("dwelling").

Pronunciation

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Noun

mainada f (plural mainadas)

  1. (collective) children
  • mainadalha
  • mainadament

Further reading

  • Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015
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