maître

From French maître. Doublet of maestro, magister, master, and meester.

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maître m (plural maîtres, diminutive maîtretje n)

1. master (an expert, a qualified teacher)

• tamboer-maître

• maître d'hôtel

• maitre (post-1990 spelling)

Inherited from Middle French maistre, from Old French maistre, from Latin magistrum. Doublet of maestro, borrowed from Italian, magister, borrowed from Latin, and master, borrowed from English.

• IPA^(key): /mɛtʁ/

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  • Homophones: maîtres, mètre, mètres, mettre
• IPA^(key): /mɛːtʁ/ (older; now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [maɛ̯tʁ]

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  • Homophone: maîtres

maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maîtresse or maître)

1. master
2. (military) Military rank in the Navy, usually equivalent to the rank of sergent-chef in the Army, or petty officer first class in the United States Navy
3. leader
4. teacher (in a primary school)
5. (Canada) holder of a master's degree

• → Dutch: maître
• → Polish: metr
• → Russian: мэтр (mɛtr)

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

• émirat, matrie, mérita, mitera

• maît'

From Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum.

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maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maitrêsse)

1. (Jersey) master