mandria
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mandra (“column of cattle”), from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra, “cattle enclosure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mandria f (plural mandrie)
- herd, drove (of larger animals)
- (derogatory, by extension) crowd
- Synonym: torma
Further reading
[edit]- mandria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mandria in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa