mastro
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Compare German Meister and French maître.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mastro (accusative singular mastron, plural mastroj, accusative plural mastrojn)
Derived terms edit
- bienmastro (“farmer”)
- hotelmastro (“hotel manager”)
- mastra (“master”)
- mastraĵo (“housekeeping”)
- mastrema (“domineering”)
- mastri (“to be master over”)
- mastrino (“housewife”)
- mastruma sistemo (“operating system”)
- mastruma (“household”)
- mastrumado (“housekeeping”)
- mastrumaĵo (“household affairs”)
- mastrumi (“to keep house”)
- mastrumilo (“master”)
- mastrumistino (“housekeeper”)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese masto, maste, already documented in the Galician Cantigas de Santa María of the 13th century. Probably from Old French mast (“mast”), from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mastro m (plural mastros)
- (nautical) mast (support of a sail)
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, page 657:
- Et quen contar quisese as naues quantas erã, acharía conpridament que erã tres mil uelas leuantadas sobrelos mastos
- And the one who would want to reckon how many ships there were, he would find that there were three thousand sails on the masts
References edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Older form of maestro, from Latin magistrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mastro m (plural mastri)
- master (especially in combination with the name of a trade)
- mastro falegname ― master carpenter
- (dated, regional) general form of address; Mister
- mastro Brunetti ― Mister Brunetti
Adjective edit
mastro (feminine mastra, masculine plural mastri, feminine plural mastre)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- masto (archaic)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese masto (also maste), from Middle French mast (“mast”), from Old Frankish *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mast- (“board”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mastro m (plural mastros)
- (nautical) mast (support of a sail)
- flagpole (pole for hoisting flags)
- (Brazil, informal, humorous) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis