bestiaire
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French bestiaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire m (plural bestiaires)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin bēstiārius, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire m (plural bestiaires)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) beastmaster (type of gladiator fighting wild beasts)
- Synonym: belluaire
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Further reading
- “bestiaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural bestiaires, nominative singular bestiaires, nominative plural bestiaire)
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Descendants
- French: bestiaire
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