mandria

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mandra (“column of cattle”), from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra, “cattle enclosure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.drja/
  • Rhymes: -andrja
  • Hyphenation: màn‧dria

Noun

mandria f (plural mandrie)

  1. herd, drove (of larger animals)
    Synonyms: branco, armento
    Coordinate term: gregge
  2. (derogatory, by extension) crowd
    Synonym: torma

Further reading

  • mandria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mandria in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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