mestre
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum.
Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French mestre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛstʁ/
Noun
mestre m (plural mestres)
- Archaic spelling of maître.
- (nautical) A ship's mainmast with lateens as opposed to the mizzenmast.
Further reading
- “mestre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
- to master (something)
See also
- meistre (Nynorsk)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin magister, magistrum.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maestro and magíster.
Pronunciation
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