maître
French
[maɛ̯tʁ]
noun
Definitions
- master
- leader
- primary school teacher
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French maistre (master) inherited from Old French maistre (master) inherited from Latin magistrum, magister (master).
Origin
Latin
magistrum, magister
Gloss
master
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- master English
- masterliness English
- masterly English
- maître d' English
- met tet English
- mestari Finnish
- magister Latin
- magistrum, magister Latin
- Mätresse German
- maestro Italian
- maitresse Italian
- mastro Italian
- maître Dutch, Flemish
- Lemaître French
- contre French
- contremaître French
- de French
- hôtel French
- le French
- maistrance French
- maître d'hôtel French
- maîtresse French
- maîtrise French
- quartier French
- quartier-maître French
- метрдотель Russian
- мэтр Russian
- maeso Spanish, Castilian
- maestro Spanish, Castilian
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- arklimästare Swedish
- borgmästare Swedish
- forstmästare Swedish
- mästare Swedish
- mästarinna Swedish
- mästersångare Swedish
- polismästare Swedish
- skolmästare Swedish
- stormästare Swedish
- trädgårdsmästare Swedish
- världsmästare Swedish
- vågmästare Swedish
- metresa Polish
- mægester, mæġester Old English
- maister Middle English
- maisterli Middle English
- maistre Old French
- maistrie Old French
- mestre Old French
- magistru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- metrdotel Turkish
- metres Turkish
- maîte Norman
- maître Norman
- maistre Middle French
- mêstar Old Saxon
- mēstar Old Saxon
- mēstar, mestar Old Saxon
- mæstare Old Swedish
- maestru Asturian
- mestri Friulian
- maestre Old Occitan
- мастеръ Old East Slavic
- mèt tèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mwaisse Walloon
- moître Bourguignon
- maite Louisiana Creole French
- maestr Gallo
- moaite Picard