master

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Southern England, Geordie) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːstə/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈmastə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈmastəɾ/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈmastəɻ/ (General American) enPR: măsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈmæstɚ/ (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈmɑstə/ (see marster) (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɐːstə/ Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ) Hyphenation: mas‧ter === Etymology 1 === From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister. ==== Alternative forms ==== maistre (archaic) Marse, marse (obsolete, dialectal, US, Caribbean) mas'r (dated, pronunciation spelling, representing southern US black English) Master mastre, maister, mayster (obsolete) Massa, massa, massah, massy, masta, Mastah, mastah, mastuh (pronunciation spellings) measter (obsolete, UK, pronunciation spelling) mester, mister (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== master (plural masters) Someone who has control over something or someone. The owner of an animal or slave. (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner. Synonyms: skipper, captain (dated) A male head of household. Someone who employs others. An expert at something. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person For more quotations using this term, see Citations:master. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices. (dated) A male schoolteacher. A skilled artist. (dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. Synonyms: masters, master's, (Quebec) magistrate A person holding such a degree. The original of a document or of a recording. (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording. (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later. Synonyms: establishing shot, long shot (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings. (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source. Synonyms: coordinator, primary Antonyms: secondary, slave, worker (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer. (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies. Ellipsis of master key. (BDSM) A male dominant. Coordinate term: mistress ===== Hyponyms ===== mistress (feminine-specific form) ===== Derived terms ===== English terms starting with “master” ===== Related terms ===== mistress (feminine form of "master") ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== journeyman apprentice ==== Adjective ==== master (not comparable) Masterful. Main, principal or predominant. Highly skilled. Original. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== master (third-person singular simple present masters, present participle mastering, simple past and past participle mastered) (intransitive) To be a master. (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency. (transitive, obsolete) To own; to possess. (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of. (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From mast + -er. ==== Noun ==== master (plural masters) (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts. ===== Derived terms ===== four-master ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Stamer, ramset, metras, matres, mastre, maters, armets, armest, termas, tamers, trémas, remast, Tamers, Stream, ramets, 'maters, stream, METARs, tremas, Amster == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.stər/ Hyphenation: ma‧ster === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English crème fraîche. ==== Noun ==== master m (plural masters, no diminutive) a master, boss, superior Synonym: meester a ruler, sovereign Synonym: heerser === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from English master. ==== Noun ==== master m (plural masters, no diminutive) a master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== master inflection of masteren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Finnish == === Etymology === From English master. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑster/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠te̞r] Rhymes: -ɑster Syllabification(key): mas‧ter Hyphenation(key): mas‧ter === Noun === master (BDSM) (male) dom ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English master. Doublet of maestro, borrowed from Italian, magister, borrowed from Latin, and maître, inherited from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mas.tɛʁ/, /mas.tœʁ/ === Noun === master m (plural masters) master's degree, master's (postgraduate degree) master (golf tournament) master, master copy === Further reading === “master”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === trames, trémas == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch master. Doublet of maestro, magister, and mester. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmastər/ [ˈmas.t̪ər] Rhymes: -astər Syllabification: mas‧ter === Noun === mastêr (plural master-master or para master) master (someone who has control over something or someone) Synonym: tuan master (an expert at something) Synonym: ahli master (the original of a document or of a recording) (education) master (a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree) Synonyms: magister, sarjana utama === Verb === mastêr (active memaster, passive dimaster) to master (to learn to a high degree) to master (to make a master copy of) ==== Affixed terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “master”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === master m or f indefinite plural of mast == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From English master. Doublet of magister. ==== Noun ==== master m (definite singular masteren, indefinite plural masterar, definite plural masterane) a master's degree a master's thesis a person that has a master's degree original document or recording === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== master f (definite singular mastra or mastri, indefinite plural mastrer, definite plural mastrene) (pre-2012) alternative form of mast === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== master f indefinite plural of mast === References === “master” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === mēster māstere, mēstere === Etymology === Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister. Cognates include Old English mæġester and Old Saxon mēstar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaːster/ === Noun === māster m master leader commissioner ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Māster ==== Descendants ==== Saterland Frisian: Mäster West Frisian: master ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English master. Doublet of măiestru, maestru, maistru, magistru, and meșter. === Noun === master m (plural mastere) master's degree ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === master indefinite plural of mast === Anagrams === smarte, smetar == Turkish == === Alternative forms === mastır === Etymology === Borrowed from English master, from Old English mæġester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Doublet of maestro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmas.tɯɾ/ Hyphenation: mas‧ter === Noun === master (definite accusative masterı, plural masterlar) master's degree Synonym: yüksek lisans === Further reading === “master”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “master”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “master”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === master c (plural masters, diminutive masterke) master ==== Derived terms ==== boargemaster ==== Further reading ==== “master”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011