mainada

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məjˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [majˈna.ða]

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

• mainader

Related terms

• mansió
• mas

Further reading

• “mainada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mainada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mainado (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mainada f (plural mainadas)

1. (collective) children

Related terms

• mainadalha
• mainadament

Further reading

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