mastín

See also: mastin

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

• IPA^(key): [masˈtiŋ]

Noun

mastín m (plural mastíns)

1. mastiff

References

• Ernesto 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: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mastin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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/ [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