monstre

See also: monstré

English

Noun

monstre (plural monstres)

1. Obsolete form of monster.

Anagrams

• Monters, mentors, meronts, metrons, monster, montres, termons

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔns.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔns.tɾe]

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster

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French

Etymology

From Middle French monstre, from Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃stʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃stʁ

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. a monster
2. a hideous person
3. a fiend

Derived terms

• monstrueux, monstrueuse
• monstrueusement

Related terms

• montrer

Adjective

monstre (plural monstres)

1. (colloquial) enormous

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mentors, montres, montrés

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Italian

Adjective

monstre (invariable)

1. extraordinary, exceptional
2. monstrous (very large)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• moustre (from Old French mostre etc.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French monstre, borrowed itself from Latin monstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔnstər/, /ˈmɔnstrə/

Noun

monstre (plural monstres)

1. A monster or beast; a horrific or frightening creature.
2. A marvelous or portentous occasion; a strange happening.
3. (rare) Fate, luck; fortuitousness (as an allegorical figure)

Related terms

• monstruous

Descendants

• English: monster
• Scots: monster

References

• “monstre (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-03.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French monstre.

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster
   • 1542, Clement Marot, Oeuvres augmentees d'ung grand nombre de ses compositions nouvelles, link

     Vien à l'umbrage en ce boys de grand' monstre

     Came into the shadow in these woods of a great monster

Descendants

• French: monstre

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. (Jersey) monster

Synonyms

• divèrs

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre oblique singular, m (oblique plural monstres, nominative singular monstres, nominative plural monstre)

1. monster

Descendants

• → Middle English: monstre
  • English: monster
• Middle French: monstre
  • French: monstre
• Norman: monstre