mastino

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mastino m (plural mastini)

1. mastiff

Anagrams

• montasi, nomasti, osmanti, sminato, smontai, stimano