peintre

French

peintre

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paintre, from Old French peintre, paintre, from the nominative case of Vulgar Latin *pinctor, from Classical Latin pictor (“painter”). Cf. also the Old French forms peintor, paintor, poentor, from the Vulgar Latin accusative *pinctorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃tʁ/

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• Homophone: peintres

Noun

peintre m or f by sense (plural peintres)

1. painter (artist)

Related terms

• peindre
• peinture

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• repeint, repenti

Norman

Etymology

From Old French peintre, paintre, from the nominative case of Vulgar Latin *pinctor, from Classical Latin pictor (“painter”).

Noun

peintre m (plural peintres)

1. (Jersey) painter