"prestre" meaning in All languages combined

See prestre on Wiktionary

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: prestres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French prestre. Etymology templates: {{etymon|frm|:inh|fro:prestre}}, {{inh|frm|fro|prestre}} Old French prestre Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|prestres||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} prestre m (plural prestres), {{frm-noun|m}} prestre m (plural prestres)
  1. priest Tags: masculine

Noun [Old French]

Forms: prestre oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], prestres [oblique, plural], prestres [nominative, singular], prestre [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Latin presbyter (nominative form). Cf. also provoire, which derived from the accusative form. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la:presbyter}}, {{inh|fro|la|presbyter}} Latin presbyter Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} prestre oblique singular, m (oblique plural prestres, nominative singular prestres, nominative plural prestre)
  1. priest Synonyms: provoire [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for prestre meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)

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