prêtre
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French[edit]
Two Russian Orthodox priests checking the merchandise they have just bought, Russian Monastery Gorney near Ein Karem, Jerusalem.
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French prestre, from Old French prestre (nominative form), from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prêtre m (plural prêtres, feminine prêtresse)
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
External links[edit]
- “prêtre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).
Noun[edit]
prêtre m (plural prêtres)
Synonyms[edit]
- moûque à longs pids (“cranefly”)
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
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