mestre

See also: Mestre and mèstre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)

1. master
2. teacher

   Synonym: professor

Derived terms

• mestratge
• mestrejar

Related terms

• magisteri

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.
• “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.

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Danish

Noun

mestre c

1. indefinite plural of mester

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French

Etymology

From Old French mestre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛstʁ/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mètres
• remets
• termes

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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.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of maistre

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maestro, magíster, and máster. Cognate with Galician mestre.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. master

References

• “mestre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “mestre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “mestre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.