monstre
Middle English
/ˈmɔnstər/
noun
Definitions
- A monster or beast; a horrific or frightening creature.
- A marvelous or portentous occasion; a strange happening.
- (rare) Fate, luck; fortuitousness as an allegorical figure
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French monstre derived from Latin monstrum.
Origin
Latin
monstrum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemonster English
- green-eyed monster English
- mermonster English
- monster English
- monstercock English
- monsterdom English
- monsterful English
- monsterise English
- monsterization English
- monsterize English
- monsterkind English
- monsterless English
- monsterlet English
- monsterlike English
- monsterling English
- monsterology English
- monstery English
- monstress English
- monstricide English
- monstrification English
- monstruous English
- supermonster English
- monsteri Finnish
- monsu Finnish
- moneō Latin
- monstrare Latin
- monstrum Latin
- mōnstrum Latin
- mōnstrāre Latin
- Monster German
- mostro Italian
- monster Dutch, Flemish
- monstre French
- monstruo Spanish, Castilian
- monstro Portuguese
- monster Swedish
- モンスター Japanese
- monstruous Middle English
- monstre Old French
- monstrueuse Old French
- monstro Galician
- monstre Norman
- monstre Middle French
- munster Middle Low German
- 몬스터 Korean
- *monestrom Proto-Italic