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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
Noun
mastín m (plural mastíns)
- 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/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: mas‧tín
Noun
mastín m (plural mastines)
- mastiff
Derived terms
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