mostarda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mostarda. Doublet of mustard.

Noun

mostarda (countable and uncountable, plural mostardas)

1. An Italian condiment made of candied fruit and a mustard-flavoured syrup.
   • 2016 April 11, Ali Waller, “The Unincludeds” (3:58 from the start), in American Dad!‎^[1], season 13, episode 11, spoken by Roger (Seth MacFarlane):

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Anagrams

• matadors

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Occitan mostarda; compare French moutarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [musˈtar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mosˈtar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mosˈtaɾ.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [mosˈtar.da]

Noun

mostarda f (plural mostardes)

1. (North Catalonia, Menorca) mustard

   Synonyms: mostassa, mostalla

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mostarda”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Pronunciation

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Noun

mostarda f (plural mostarde)

1. an Italian condiment made of candied fruit and a mustard-flavoured/flavored syrup
2. mustard (color/colour)

Usage notes

• The plant, and the condiment made from mustard, vinegar and spices is senape

Synonyms

• mostarda di frutta

Anagrams

• trasmoda

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French moustarde, from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtaʁ.dɐ/ [mosˈtaɦ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtaʁ.dɐ/ [mosˈtaɦ.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mosˈtaɾ.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʃˈtaʁ.dɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /mosˈtaɻ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtaʁ.da/ [mosˈtaɦ.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtaɾ.dɐ/ [muʃˈtaɾ.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: mos‧tar‧da

Noun

mostarda f (plural mostardas)

1. mustard (condiment)
2. mustard (plant)

   Synonyms: mostardeira, mostardeiro

3. mustard seeds

Related terms

• mostardal
• mostardeira
• mostardeiro

Further reading

• “mostarda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mostarda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026