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mestre.

master

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɛs.tɾi/Brazil/ˈmɛʃ.tɾi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/Portugal

  1. master

    masculine

  2. mentor

    masculine

  3. schoolteacher

    dated · masculine

  4. master (person holding a master's degree)

    masculine

  5. game master

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Old Occitan maestrebor. Old Catalan maestrebor. Old Galician-Portuguese maestre Old Galician-Portuguese meestre Portuguese mestre Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister. Cognate with Galician mestre. Doublet of maestro, magíster, máster, and míster.

verb/ˈmɛs.tɾi/Brazil/ˈmɛʃ.tɾi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/Portugal

  1. inflection of mestrar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of mestrar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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