mestre

See also: Mestre and mèstre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛs.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmes.tɾe]

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Noun

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)

1. master
2. teacher

   Synonym: professor

Derived terms

• mestratge
• mestrejar
• mestrívol

Related terms

• magisteri
• magistral

Further reading

• “mestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mestre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mestre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mestre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

mestre c

1. indefinite plural of mester

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mestre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛstʁ/

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Noun

mestre m (plural mestres)

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

Further reading

• “mestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mètres
• remets
• termes

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister or influenced by Spanish maestro. Doublet of maestro and máster. Cognate with Portuguese mestre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛstɾɪ/

Noun

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra, feminine plural mestras)

1. teacher

   Synonym: profesor

2. master (an expert at something)

Further reading

• “mestre” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “mestre” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• mestere, mestrer

Noun

mestre m

1. indefinite plural of mester

Etymology 2

From the noun mester.

Verb

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 also

• meistre (Nynorsk)

References

• “mestre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of maistre

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister. Cognate with Galician mestre. Doublet of maestro, magíster, máster, and míster.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: mes‧tre

Noun

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra, feminine plural mestras)

1. master
2. master (person holding a master's degree)

Derived terms

• de mestre

Descendants

• → Assamese: মিস্ত্ৰী (mistri)
• → Bengali: মিস্ত্রী (mistri)
• → Kannada: ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ (mēstri), ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು (mēṣṭru)
• → Malayalam: മേസ്തിരി (mēstiri)
• → Telugu: మేస్త్రి (mēstri), మేస్త్రీ (mēstrī)

References

• “mestre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “mestre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “mestre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

mestre

1. inflection of mestrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative