Pater noster
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pater (“father”) + noster (“our”). Prayer taken from the Bible: Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter ˈnos.ter/, [ˈpät̪ɛr ˈnɔs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter ˈnos.ter/, [ˈpäːt̪er ˈnɔst̪er]
Proper noun[edit]
Pater noster ? (indeclinable)
- The Lord's prayer (literally our father)
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Old English: pater noster
- Middle English: pater noster, paternoster
- English: paternoster
- Middle English: pater noster, paternoster
- → Middle Dutch: paternoster
- Dutch: paternoster
- → German: Paternoster
- → Hungarian: páternoszter