maire
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUltimately from Latin macer. Doublet of maigre.
Adjective
editmaire (plural maires)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old French maire m, from Latin māior m (“forefathers; mayor”). Compare the doublet majeur.
Noun
editmaire m (plural maires, feminine maire or mairesse)
- mayor
- Synonym: bourgmestre
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “maire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editIrish
editVerb
editmaire
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maire | mhaire | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French maire, from Latin māior (“elder”).
Noun
editmaire m (plural maires)
Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin māter, matrem (“mother”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaire f (plural maires)
Old French
editEtymology
editAdjective
editmaire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular maire)
Noun
editmaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural maires, nominative singular maires, nominative plural maire)
Descendants
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