maître
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French maître. Doublet of maestro, magister, master, and meester.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]maître m (plural maîtres, diminutive maîtretje n)
Derived terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French maistre, from Old French maistre, from Latin magistrum. Doublet of maestro, borrowed from Italian, magister, borrowed from Latin, and master, borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maîtresse or maître)
- master
- leader
- teacher (in a primary school)
- (Canada) holder of a master's degree
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “maître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maitrêsse)
Derived terms
[edit]- maît' à pause (“supply teacher”)
- maît' d'êcole (“schoolmaster”)
- maître dé (“middle finger”)
- maître-pêtre (“webmaster”)
- quartchi-maître (“quartermaster”)
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