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English
Noun
mastiche (countable and uncountable, plural mastiches)
- Alternative form of mastic
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).
Pronunciation
Noun
mastichē f (genitive mastichēs); first declension
- mastic, gum
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Descendants
References
- “mastiche”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mastiche in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.