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]
  • (file)

Noun

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)

  1. master
  2. teacher
    Synonym: professor

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Noun

mestre c

  1. indefinite plural of mester

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mestre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛstʁ/
  • (file)

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

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

References

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

  • 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

References

Verb

mestre

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