monstre

monstre

See also: monstré

English

Noun

monstre (plural monstres)

1. Obsolete form of monster.

Anagrams

• Monters, mentors, meronts, metrons, monster, montres, termons

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔns.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔns.tɾe/

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster

Derived terms

• monstre de Gila

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French

Etymology

From Middle French monstre, from Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃stʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃stʁ

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster

   Mon petit frère croit que des monstres habitent sous son lit.

   My little brother believes that monsters live under his bed.

2. (figurative) hideous person, fiend

Derived terms

• monstrueux, monstrueuse
• monstrueusement
• monstre sacré

Related terms

• montrer

Descendants

• → Romanian: monstru

Adjective

monstre (plural monstres)

1. (colloquial) enormous

Further reading

• “monstre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mentors, montres, montrés

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Italian

Adjective

monstre (invariable)

1. extraordinary, exceptional
2. monstrous (very large)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• moustre (from Old French mostre etc.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French monstre, borrowed itself from Latin monstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔnstər/, /ˈmɔnstrə/

Noun

monstre (plural monstres)

1. A monster or beast; a horrific or frightening creature.
2. A marvelous or portentous occasion; a strange happening.
3. (rare) Fate, luck; fortuitousness (as an allegorical figure)

Related terms

• monstruous

Descendants

• English: monster
• Scots: monster

References

• “monstre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-03.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French monstre.

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster
   • 1542, Clement Marot, Oeuvres augmentees d'ung grand nombre de ses compositions nouvelles, link

     Vien à l'umbrage en ce boys de grand' monstre

     Came into the shadow in these woods of a great monster

Descendants

• French: monstre
  • → Romanian: monstru

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. (Jersey) monster

Synonyms

• divèrs

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mostre, moustre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre m (oblique plural monstres, nominative singular monstres, nominative plural monstre)

1. monster

Descendants

• → Middle English: monstre, moustre
  • English: monster
  • Scots: monster
• Middle French: monstre
  • French: monstre
    • → Romanian: monstru
• Norman: monstre
• → Middle Dutch: monster
  • Dutch: monster