Catalan

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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mainada f (plural mainades)

  1. (collective, historical) a company of armed men in the service of a lord
  2. (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

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāta, from Latin mansiō ("dwelling").

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Noun

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mainada f (plural mainadas)

  1. (collective) children
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Further reading

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  • Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015