ordinaire

English

Etymology

French ordinaire

Noun

ordinaire (countable and uncountable, plural ordinaires)

1. Wine for ordinary use.
2. A soldier's mess.
3. A person of common rank.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ordinaire, borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin ōrdō (whence French ordre) + -ārius (whence -aire).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/

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Adjective

ordinaire (plural ordinaires)

1. ordinary
2. mediocre
3. (Quebec) rude, discourteous, shabby

Noun

ordinaire m (plural ordinaires)

1. (with the definite article) the ordinary, the usual

Derived terms

• d'ordinaire
• extraordinaire
• sortir de l'ordinaire
• ordinairement

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• ordenaire
• ordenarie
• ordinarie

Etymology

First known attestation in 1260 as ordenaire, borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius.

Noun

ordinaire m (oblique plural ordinaires, nominative singular ordinaires, nominative plural ordinaire) (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

1. a diocesan church official
2. (law) judge ordinary
3. (Antiquity) ordinarius, a Roman soldier
4. ordainer; one who may confer a title
5. (Christianity) ordinary (book, manual)

Adjective

ordinaire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ordinaire)

1. ordinary; usual
2. (law) ordinary (of a judge, etc.)

Descendants

• English: ordinary
• French: ordinaire

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ordinaire, supplement)
• ordenaire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub