mosteiro

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From 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): /mosˈtejɾo/ [mos̺ˈt̪ej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: mos‧tei‧ro

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mosteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mosteiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mosteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mosteiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mosteiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

mosteiro

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Galician-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]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈte.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: mos‧tei‧ro

Noun

mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)

1. monastery (place of residence for monks)

   Synonym: monastério

Derived terms

• mosteirinho
• Mosteiro

Related terms

• Mónaco / Mônaco
• monastério
• monástico
• monge
• monja
• mosteiró
• Munique

Further reading

• “mosteiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mosteiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025