mastín

See also: mastin

Galician

Alternative forms

• mastim (reintegrationist)

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mastin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mastin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mastín”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mastín”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mastín”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• murciélago mastín

 

Further reading

• “mastín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014