máster
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- master (unadapted form)
Etymology
Borrowed from English master. Doublet of mestre, maestro, magíster, and míster.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmas.teʁ/ [ˈmas.teh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈmas.teɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmaʃ.teʁ/ [ˈmaʃ.teχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmas.teɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmaʃ.tɛɾ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -asteʁ, (Portugal) -aʃtɛɾ
- Hyphenation: más‧ter
Noun
máster m (plural másteres or másters)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “máster”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “máster”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English master. Doublet of maestro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmasteɾ/ [ˈmas.t̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -asteɾ
- Syllabification: más‧ter
Noun
máster m (plural másteres or másters)
- master's degree, master
- Synonym: maestría
Further reading
- “máster”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024