mansuetude

== English == === Etymology === Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“to tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈman.swɪ.tjuːd/ (US) IPA(key): /mænˈsuət(j)ud/ === Noun === mansuetude (countable and uncountable, plural mansuetudes) (archaic) Gentleness, tameness. ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: man‧su‧e‧tu‧de === Noun === mansuetude f (plural mansuetudes) mansuetude; tameness Synonym: mansidão === Further reading === “mansuetude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mansuetude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026