mestre
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magister.
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, 2024
- “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.
Danish
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mestre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛstʁ/
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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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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/
Further reading
- “mestre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “mestre” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
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)
References
- “mestre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin magister, magistrum.
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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: mes‧tre
Derived terms
- de mestre
Descendants
References
- “mestre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “mestre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mestre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Verb
mestre
- inflection of mestrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative