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
[edit]Related terms
[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]- IPA(key): /mɛtʁ/
- IPA(key): /mɛːtʁ/ (older; now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
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Noun
[edit]maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maîtresse or maître)
- master
- (military) Military rank in the Navy, usually equivalent to the rank of sergent-chef in the Army, or petty officer first class in the United States Navy
- leader
- teacher (in a primary school)
- (Canada) holder of a master's degree
Derived terms
[edit]- coup de maître
- de main de maître
- Lemaître
- maison de maître
- Maître
- maître à penser
- maître d'armes
- maître de ballet
- maître de cérémonie
- maître de conférences
- maître de maison
- maître d'école
- maître d'hôtel
- maître d'œuvre
- maître d'ouvrage
- maître principal
- maître principal-major
- maître-chef
- maître-chef principal
- passer maître
- pièce maîtresse
- premier maître
- premier maître-chef
- second maître
- second maître de deuxième classe
- second maître de première classe
- second maître hors classe
- trouver son maître
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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