different between hacienda vs majordomo

English

Etymology

From Spanish hacienda. Doublet of faena and fazenda.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hæsi??nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?(h)?si??nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?
• Hyphenation: ha?ci?en?da

Noun

hacienda (plural haciendas)

1. A large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacienda. Doublet of fazenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sj?n.da/

Noun

hacienda f (plural haciendas)

1. hacienda

Further reading

• “hacienda” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fazienda, from Latin facienda (literally “things to be done”), from faci? (“to do”). Cognate with Portuguese fazenda. Doublet of faena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a??jenda/, [a??j?n?.d?a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /a?sjenda/, [a?sj?n?.d?a]
• Rhymes: -enda

Noun

hacienda f (plural haciendas)

1. treasury
2. hacienda
3. livestock

Related terms

• hacendado

Descendants

• ? Catalan: hisenda
• ? English: hacienda
• ? French: hacienda
• ? Polish: hacjenda

See also

• campo
• estancia
• finca
• granja
• pago

Verb

hacienda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of hacendar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of hacendar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of hacendar.

English

Alternative forms

• major domo, major-domo

Etymology

From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin m?ior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?.d???d??.m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?.d???do?.mo?/

Noun

majordomo (plural majordomos)

1. The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.
2. (US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.
3. (chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command.
   • 2009, The Economic Times, 7 Jun 2009:

     The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.

Synonyms

• seneschal

Translations