Paternoster
English
Etymology
From Latin pater (“father”) + noster (“ours”).
Proper noun
Paternoster (plural Paternosters)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Paternoster is the 26814th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 907 individuals. Paternoster is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pater noster, from Latin Pater noster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaː.tərˈnɔs.tər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Pa‧ter‧nos‧ter
- Rhymes: -ɔstər
Noun
Paternoster m or n (plural Paternosters)
- (Roman Catholicism) Lord's Prayer
- Synonym: Onzevader
See also
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
Paternoster n (strong, genitive Paternosters, plural Paternoster)
- Lord's Prayer
- Synonym: Vaterunser
- rosary
- Synonym: Rosenkranz
Declension
Declension of Paternoster [neuter, strong]
Noun
Paternoster m (strong, genitive Paternosters, plural Paternoster)
- paternoster lift
- Synonyms: Paternosteraufzug, Fahrstuhl ohne Fahrkorbtür, Umlaufaufzug, Personenumlaufaufzug, Paternoster-Umlaufaufzug, Beamtenbagger, Beamtenheber, Bonzenheber, Bonzenbagger, Bonzenschleuder, Proletenbagger
- (fishing) additional side lines on the line
Declension
Declension of Paternoster [masculine, strong]
Further reading
- “Paternoster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Pater noster
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.terˌnos.ter/
Noun
Paternoster m
- the Lord's Prayer
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Pater-noster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.