"maître" meaning in French

See maître in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛtʁ/, /mɛːtʁ/, [maɛ̯tʁ] [Quebec] Audio: Fr-maître.ogg , Fr-Mètre-fr-Paris.ogg [France, Paris], Qc-maître.ogg [Canada] Forms: maîtres [plural], maîtresse [feminine], maître [feminine]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|maistre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French maistre, {{inh+|fr|frm|maistre}} Inherited from Middle French maistre, {{inh|fr|fro|maistre}} Old French maistre, {{inh|fr|la|magister|magistrum}} Latin magistrum, {{doublet|fr|maestro}} Doublet of maestro, {{m|fr|magister}} magister, {{m|fr|master}} master Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=maîtresse|f2=maître}} maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maîtresse or maître)
  1. master Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maître-fr-noun-~GE7Tf1n
  2. leader Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maître-fr-noun-TVtmCUNi
  3. teacher (in a primary school) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maître-fr-noun-KvEKIuy1
  4. (Canada) holder of a master's degree Tags: Canada, masculine
    Sense id: en-maître-fr-noun-NSJnDb5w Categories (other): Canadian French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 38 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maitre (english: post-1990 spelling)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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