mastín

See also: mastin

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mastin (13th century), from Old French mastin (modern French mâtin (guard dog)), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetīnus (tamed (animal)), from Latin mansuetus (tamed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masˈtiŋ]

Noun

mastín m (plural mastíns)

  1. mastiff

References

  • mastin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • mastin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • mastín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • mastín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • mastín” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French mastin (modern French mâtin (guard dog)), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetīnus (tamed (animal)), from Latin mānsuetus (tamed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masˈtin/ [masˈt̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: mas‧tín

Noun

mastín m (plural mastines)

  1. mastiff

Derived terms

Further reading

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