"contremaître" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-contremaître.wav Forms: contremaîtres [plural]
Etymology: From contre + maître. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|contre|maître}} contre + maître Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} contremaître m (plural contremaîtres)
  1. foreman (leader of a work crew) Wikipedia link: fr:contremaître Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: contremaitre (english: post-1990 spelling), contre-maître (english: pre-1990 spelling) [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-contremaître-fr-noun-S5KyXdwz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for contremaître meaning in French (1.6kB)

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