mosteiro

Galician

Mosteiro de San Xulián de Samos / Monastery of Saint Julian, Samos, Galicia

Mosteiro de San Miguel de Eiré / Monastery of Saint Michael, Eiré, Galicia

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-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)

1. monastery

Related terms

• monxe
• Mosteiro
• Mosteiró
• Mosteirón
• Vilarmosteiro

See also

Mosteiros e conventos de Galicia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mosteiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “mosteiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

mosteiro

Alternative forms

• mosteyro (obsolete)
• moesteyro (obsolete)
• moesteiro (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin monistērium from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Cognate with Galician mosteiro, English minster and French moutier (Old French moustier).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʃ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/, /muʃ.ˈtej.ɾu/
• IPA^(key): /mos.ˈte(j).ɾu/
  • IPA^(key): /mos.ˈte(j).ɾo/

Noun

mosteiro m (plural s)

1. monastery (place of residence for members of a religious community)

Synonyms

• (monastery): convento, monastério

Related terms

• monge