mestre

See also: Mestre and mèstre

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum.

NounEdit

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)

1. master
2. teacher

SynonymsEdit

• (teacher): professor

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

mestre c

1. plural indefinite of mester

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɛstʁ/

EtymologyEdit

From Old French mestre.

NounEdit

mestre m (plural mestres)

1. Archaic spelling of maître.
2. (nautical) A ship's mainmast with lateens as opposed to the mizzenmast.

AnagramsEdit

• mètres
• remets
• termes

Further readingEdit

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

• mestere, mestrer

NounEdit

mestre m

1. indefinite plural of mester

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)

1. to master (something)

See alsoEdit

• meistre (Nynorsk)

ReferencesEdit

• “mestre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin magister, magistrum.

NounEdit

mestre m (oblique plural mestres, nominative singular mestre, nominative plural mestre)

1. Alternative form of maistre

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Provençal maestre or Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maestro and magíster.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: mes‧tre

NounEdit

mestre m (plural mestres)

1. master