contramestre
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra)
Further reading
[edit]- “contramestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contra- (“auxiliary”) + mestre (“master”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra, feminine plural contramestras)
- (nautical) boatswain, petty officer who controls the work of other seamen
- foreman, overseer
References
[edit]- “contramestre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “contramestre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “contramestre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From contra- (“auxiliary”) + mestre (“master”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]contramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra, feminine plural contramestras)
- overseer; supervisor (person with overseeing the work of a person or group)
- Synonym: supervisor
- (nautical) petty officer who controls the work of other seamen
- (nautical) substitute captain
Categories:
- Catalan terms prefixed with contra-
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Nautical
- ca:Nautical occupations
- ca:Occupations
- Galician terms prefixed with contra-
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Nautical
- Portuguese terms prefixed with contra-
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Nautical