mestre

See also: Mestre and mèstre

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈme̞s.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɛs.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmes.tɾe]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

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

1. master
2. teacher

   Synonym: professor

Derived terms

• mestrança
• mestrat
• mestratge
• mestrejar
• mestrescola
• mestressa
• mestria
• mestrívol

Related terms

• magisteri
• magistral

Further reading

• “mestre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mestre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mestre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mestre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

Etymology

From mester +‎ -e. Compare also German meistern.

Verb

mestre (imperative mestr, infinitive at mestre, present tense mestrer, past tense mestrede, perfect tense mestret)

1. to master (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mestre

active passive infinitive mestre mestres present mestrer mestres past mestrede mestredes imperative mestr — participle present mestrende past (have / havde) mestret gerund —

Derived terms

• bemestre

Noun

mestre c

1. indefinite plural of mester

References

• “mestre” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mestre” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mestre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛstʁ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

mestre m (plural mestres)

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

Further reading

• “mestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• mètres, remets, termes

Galician

Etymology

Inherited 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛstɾe/ [ˈmɛs̺.t̪ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛstɾe
• Hyphenation: mes‧tre

Noun

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

1. master (an expert at something)
2. teacher

   Synonym: profesor

Further reading

• “mestre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “mestre”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• mestere, mestrer

Noun

mestre m

1. indefinite plural of mester

Etymology 2

From the noun mester.

Verb

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)

See also

• meistre (Nynorsk)

References

• “mestre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

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

1. alternative form of maistre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛstɾi, -ɛʃtɾɨ
• Hyphenation: mes‧tre

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

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Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

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Proto-Italic *magisteros

Latin magister

Old Occitan maestrebor.

Old Catalan maestrebor.

Old Galician-Portuguese maestre

Old Galician-Portuguese meestre

Portuguese mestre

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.

Noun

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

1. master
2. mentor
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 131:

     Sabes quem são os meus mestres do bom e do bello?

     Do you know who are my mentors of the good and the beautiful?

3. (dated) schoolteacher
4. master (person holding a master's degree)
5. (roleplaying games) game master

Derived terms

• amestrar
• contramestre
• dar o peido mestre
• de mestre
• Grão-Mestre
• mestraço
• mestrado
• mestrar
• mestre de cerimônias
• mestre de obras
• mestria
• mestrinho
• o mestre mandou
• quartel-mestre

Descendants

• → Bengali: মিস্ত্রী (mistri)
  • → Assamese: মিস্ত্ৰী (mistri)
  • → Odia: ମିସ୍ତ୍ରୀ (mistri)
• → Gujarati: મિસ્ત્રી (mistrī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिस्त्री (mistrī)

  Urdu: مِستری

  • → Pashto: مستري
    • → Dari: مِسْتَرِی (mistarī)
  • → Punjabi: mistrī

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਿਸਤਰੀ

    Shahmukhi script: مستری

• → Kannada: ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ (mēstri), ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು (mēṣṭru)
• → Konkani: मेस्त्री (mestrī)
• → Marathi: मिस्तरी (mistarī), मिस्त्री (mistrī), मेस्त्री (mestrī)
• → Malayalam: മേസ്തിരി (mēstiri)
• → Tamil: மேஸ்திரி (mēstiri)
• → Telugu: మేస్త్రి (mēstri), మేస్త్రీ (mēstrī)
• → Tulu: ಮೇಸ್ತೆ (mēste)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mestre

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

References

• “mestre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mestre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “mestre”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mestre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN