mayordomo

English

Etymology

From Spanish mayordomo. Doublet of majordomo.

Noun

mayordomo (plural mayordomos)

1. A butler or majordomo in Spain or Latin America.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin maior domūs (literally “principal (servant) of the house”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maʝoɾˈdomo/ [ma.ʝoɾˈð̞o.mo]

• IPA^(key): /maʝoɾˈdomo/ [ma.ʝoɾˈð̞o.mo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maʃoɾˈdomo/ [ma.ʃoɾˈð̞o.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maʒoɾˈdomo/ [ma.ʒoɾˈð̞o.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: ma‧yor‧do‧mo

Noun

mayordomo m (plural mayordomos, feminine mayordoma, feminine plural mayordomas)

1. butler, majordomo

Derived terms

• mayordomía

Descendants

• → English: mayordomo
• → Tagalog: mayordomo

Further reading

• “mayordomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mayoldomo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• mayuldumo — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /majoɾˈdomo/ [mɐ.joɾˈd̪oː.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: ma‧yor‧do‧mo

Noun

mayordomo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜓ)

1. majordomo

   Synonyms: bandahali, punong-katiwala

Related terms

• domino
• don
• mayor

See also

• anakura

Further reading

• “mayordomo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 410: “Mayordomo) Mayoldomo (pp) C. de la comunidad Igleſia”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017), Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 106

Anagrams

• modo mayor