mosteiro

Etymology

13th century. 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mos.ˈtej.ɾo/

Noun

mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)

1. monastery

See also

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

References

• “mosteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mosteiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mosteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mosteiro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “mosteiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)

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