mesteiral

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesteiral (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin ministerialis, from ministerium. Cognate with Spanish menestral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mestejˈɾal]

Noun

mesteiral m (plural mesteirais)

1. handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual laborer)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesteiral”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “mesteiral” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesteiral”, 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), “mesteiral”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesteiral, from Medieval Latin ministerialis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mes.te(j)ˈɾaw/ [mes.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mes.te(j)ˈɾaw/ [mes.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʃ.te(j)ˈɾaw/ [meʃ.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃ.tɐjˈɾal/ [mɨʃ.tɐjˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃ.tɐjˈɾal/ [mɨʃ.tɐjˈɾaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃ.tejˈɾal/ [mɨʃ.tejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃ.tejˈɾal/ [mɨʃ.tejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃ.teˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: mes‧tei‧ral

Noun

mesteiral m (plural mesteirais)

1. (archaic) handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual labourer)