mainada

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan maisnada, maisonada, from Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāta, from Latin mansiō ("dwelling"). In the sense of "children", it originally meant all children in a particular household.

Noun

mainada f (plural mainades)

  1. (collective, historical) A company of armed men in the service of a lord.
  2. (collective) children
    Synonyms: canalla, quitxalla
    • 1971, Joan Arús, “Nit de Reis”, in Les veus de la nit:
      Ja sé que tomareu com cada anyada, / vinguts d'estranys, misteriosos mons, / oh Mags!, desvetlladors d'il·lusion / en els cors innocents de la mainada.
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mainada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāta, from Latin mansiō ("dwelling").

Pronunciation

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Noun

mainada f (plural mainadas)

  1. (collective) children
  • mainadalha
  • mainadament

Further reading

  • Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015
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