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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)
- (collective, historical) a company of armed men in the service of a lord
- (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)
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Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāta, from Latin mansiō ("dwelling").
Pronunciation
Noun
mainada f (plural mainadas)
- (collective) children
Further reading
- Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015