"prêtre" meaning in French

See prêtre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pʁɛtʁ/, /pʁɛːtʁ/ Audio: Fr-prêtre.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-prêtre.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: prêtres [plural], prêtresse [feminine]
Rhymes: -ɛtʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French prestre, from Old French prestre (nominative form, compare provoire), from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of praire and presbytre, a recent borrowing. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:inh|frm:prestre}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρέσβῠς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τερος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρεσβύτερος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "presbyter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "prestre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "prestre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "prêtre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="prêtre">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|prestre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French prestre, {{inh+|fr|frm|prestre}} Inherited from Middle French prestre, {{inh|fr|fro|prestre}} Old French prestre, {{inh|fr|la|presbyter}} Latin presbyter, {{der|fr|grc|πρεσβύτερος}} Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), {{doublet|fr|praire|presbytre}} Doublet of praire and presbytre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=prêtresse}} prêtre m (plural prêtres, feminine prêtresse)
  1. priest Tags: masculine Synonyms: curaillon, cureton, ratichon Hypernyms: religieux Derived forms: grand prêtre, grand-prêtre, prêtre séculier, prêtrise Related terms: abbé, curé, frère, moine, pape, ponte, pontife
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Inflected forms

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