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monstre

See also: monstré

English

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Noun

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monstre (plural monstres)

  1. Obsolete form of monster.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

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Noun

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monstre m (plural monstres)

  1. monster

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French monstre, from Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃stʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃stʁ

Noun

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monstre m (plural monstres)

  1. monster
    Mon petit frère croit que des monstres habitent sous son lit.
    My little brother believes that monsters live under his bed.
  2. (figurative) hideous person, fiend

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  • → Romanian: monstru

Adjective

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monstre (plural monstres)

  1. (colloquial) enormous

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Italian

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Adjective

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monstre (invariable)

  1. extraordinary, exceptional
  2. monstrous (very large)

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French monstre, borrowed itself from Latin monstrum.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔnstər/, /ˈmɔnstrə/

Noun

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monstre (plural monstres)

  1. A monster or beast; a horrific or frightening creature.
  2. A marvelous or portentous occasion; a strange happening.
  3. (rare) Fate, luck; fortuitousness (as an allegorical figure)
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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French monstre.

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monstre m (plural monstres)

  1. monster
    • 1542, Clement Marot, Oeuvres augmentees d'ung grand nombre de ses compositions nouvelles, link:
      Vien à l'umbrage en ce boys de grand' monstre
      Came into the shadow in these woods of a great monster

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

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monstre m (plural monstres)

  1. (Jersey) monster

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

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monstre oblique singular, m (oblique plural monstres, nominative singular monstres, nominative plural monstre)

  1. monster

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