mosteiro
Meaning
monastery
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mos‧tei‧ro
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mosˈtejɾo/
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”).
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