mastino

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mans'tinus < *mansuetīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mānsuetus (“tamed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈsti.no/
Rhymes: -ino
Hyphenation: ma‧stì‧no

Noun

mastino m (plural mastini)

mastiff

Anagrams

montasi, nomasti, osmanti, sminato, smontai, stimano

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