monsieur – French noun declension

Noun: monsieur
Gender: m Hyphenation:

Singular m	monsieur
Plural m	messieurs

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like monsieur

monsieur,

Etymology

From mon (“my”) + sieur, from the oblique case of Old French sire (the nominative case giving rise to messire), ultimately from Latin senior (whence also seigneur). The first syllable has been reduced through frequent use. Loss of word-final /r/ was common in Early Modern French, but failed to establish itself except in the morphemes -er and -ier. Monsieur and gars are two relics of this pronunciation habit. See: Latin Nouns 'senior'.

Verbs referencing "monsieur"

English Nouns monsieur, English Nouns sire, Italian Nouns messere, Catalan Nouns misser, Italian Nouns monsù, Romanian Nouns musiu.

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