mestre
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum.
NounEdit
mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)
SynonymsEdit
- (teacher): professor
DanishEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French mestre.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mestre m (plural mestres)
- Archaic spelling of maître.
- (nautical) A ship's mainmast with lateens as opposed to the mizzenmast.
Further readingEdit
- “mestre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
mestre m
Etymology 2Edit
From the noun mester
VerbEdit
mestre (imperative mestr or mestre, present tense mestrer, passive mestres, simple past and past participle mestra or mestret, present participle mestrende)
- to master (something)
See alsoEdit
- meistre (Nynorsk)
ReferencesEdit
- “mestre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin magister, magistrum.
NounEdit
mestre m (oblique plural mestres, nominative singular mestre, nominative plural mestre)
- Alternative form of maistre
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maestro and magíster.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mestre m (plural mestres)