prêtre – French noun declension

French noun forms of prêtre

Noun: prêtre
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mprêtre
Singular fprêtresse
Plural mprêtres

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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. See: Latin Nouns 'presbyter', Ancient Greek Nouns 'πρεσβύτερος'.

Verbs referencing "prêtre"

Italian Nouns prete, German Nouns Priester, Romanian Nouns preot.

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