mosteiro
Galician
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Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin monistērium from Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mos.ˈtej.ɾo̝/
Noun
mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)
- monastery
Related terms
- monxe
- Mosteiro
- Mosteiró
- Mosteirón
- Vilarmosteiro
See also
Mosteiros e conventos de Galicia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- “mosteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mosteiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mosteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mosteiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mosteiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
- mosteyro (obsolete)
- moesteiro, moesteyro (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”), from Vulgar Latin monistērium from Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Cognate with Galician mosteiro, English minster and French moutier (Old French moustier). Doublet of monastério.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mosˈte(j).ɾu/ [mosˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʃˈte(j).ɾu/ [moʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mosˈte(j).ɾo/ [mosˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /muʃˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /muʃˈte.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: mos‧tei‧ro
Noun
mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)
- monastery (place of residence for monks)
- Synonym: monastério
Related terms
- monástico
- monge