prestre

== Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French prestre. === Noun === prestre m (plural prestres) priest ==== Descendants ==== French: prêtre == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin presbyter (nominative form). Cf. also provoire, which derived from the accusative form. === Noun === prestre oblique singular, m (oblique plural prestres, nominative singular prestres, nominative plural prestre) priest ==== Usage notes ==== According to some sources, prestre and provoire are inflected forms of the same word, as were their Latin etymons. This is however unlikely, as the two rarely appear in texts together. ==== Synonyms ==== (rare) provoire ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: prestreFrench: prêtre Norman: prêtre → Old High German: priestar, priestMiddle High German: priester, briester, prēsterCentral Franconian:Hunsrik: PriesterGerman: Priester