maîtrise
See also: maîtrisé, maitrise, and maitrisé
French
Alternative forms
- maitrise (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁiz/, /me.tʁiz/
Etymology 1
maître + -ise
Noun
maîtrise f (plural maîtrises)
- mastery
- control
- maîtrise du ciel ― air superiority (literally, “control of the sky”)
- (Canada) master's degree
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maîtrise
- inflection of maîtriser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “maîtrise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- méritais, miserait, miterais, remisait