mester

== English == === Noun === mester (plural mesters) Obsolete form of mister (“an employment, a trade”). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “mester”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Emerts, restem, meters, Tesmer, merest, Mestre, termes, metres, S meter == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, mēster, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛstər/, [ˈmesd̥ɐ] === Noun === mester c (singular definite mesteren, plural indefinite mestre) master champion guru ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (master craftsman): håndværksmester c, læremester c (champion): champion c (guru): guru c, læremester c == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese mester (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ministerium, perhaps through Old Occitan. Cognate with Portuguese mister and Spanish menester. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mesˈtɛɾ] === Noun === mester m (plural mesteres) need Synonym: necesidade profession, trade, job Synonym: oficio mastery Synonym: mestría ==== Related terms ==== mesteiral ministerio === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mester”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mester”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mester”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mester”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in the after 1372. Either via Old French maistre or Italian méster, from Latin magister (“teacher”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃtɛr] Hyphenation: mes‧ter Rhymes: -ɛr === Noun === mester (plural mesterek) master, craftsman (a tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices) master (an expert at something) teacher, mentor, guru Synonyms: tanító, tanítómester, guru ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: meșter === References === === Further reading === mester in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch meester, from Middle Dutch mêester, from Old Dutch *mēster, from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, magister, and master. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɛstər] Hyphenation: més‧ter === Noun === méster (plural mester-mester) (archaic) bachelor of laws (archaic) teacher Synonym: guru == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse meistari. === Pronunciation === === Noun === mester m (definite singular mesteren, indefinite plural mestere or mestre or mestrer, definite plural mesterne or mestrene) a champion a master herre og mester - lord and master ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mestre (verb) === See also === meister (Nynorsk) === References === “mester” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmeːster/, [ˈmɛːster] === Noun === mēster m alternative form of māster ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 205 == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Portuguese mister and Spanish menester and Kabuverdianu mesti. === Verb === mester must to need to have to == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mes‧ter === Adjective === mester (invariable) alternative form of mister ==== Descendants ==== Macanese: mestê === Noun === mester m (plural mesteres) alternative form of mister === Further reading === “mester”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mester”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026