mastino

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mans'tinus < *mansuetīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mānsuetus (“tamed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masˈti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ma‧stì‧no

Noun

mastino m (plural mastini)

  1. mastiff

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