mosteiro

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”).

• IPA^(key): /mosˈtejɾo/ [mos̺ˈt̪ej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: mos‧tei‧ro

mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)

1. monastery

• monxe
• Mosteiro
• Mosteiró
• Mosteirón
• Vilarmosteiro

Mosteiros e conventos de Galicia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mosteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mosteiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

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

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.

• Hyphenation: mos‧tei‧ro

mosteiro m (plural mosteiros)

1. monastery (place of residence for monks)

   Synonym: monastério