mestre

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See also: Mestre and mèstre

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magister. Doublet of màster.

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Noun

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mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra)

  1. master
  2. teacher
    Synonym: professor

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Danish

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Noun

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mestre c

  1. indefinite plural of mester

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French mestre.

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Noun

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mestre m (plural mestres)

  1. Archaic spelling of maître.
  2. (nautical) a ship's mainmast with lateens as opposed to the mizzenmast

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magister, magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister or influenced by Spanish maestro. Doublet of maestro and máster. Cognate with Portuguese mestre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra, feminine plural mestras)

  1. teacher
    Synonym: profesor
  2. master (an expert at something)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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mestre m

  1. indefinite plural of mester

Etymology 2

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From the noun mester.

Verb

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mestre (imperative mestr or mestre, present tense mestrer, passive mestres, simple past and past participle mestra or mestret, present participle mestrende)

  1. to master (something)

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

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mestre oblique singularm (oblique plural mestres, nominative singular mestre, nominative plural mestre)

  1. Alternative form of maistre

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister. Cognate with Galician mestre. Doublet of maestro, magíster, máster, and míster.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mes‧tre

Noun

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mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra, feminine plural mestras)

  1. master
  2. master (person holding a master's degree)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mestre

  1. inflection of mestrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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