prester
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. See priest.
Noun
prester (plural presters)
- (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.
Derived terms
- Prester John
Etymology 2
From New Latin prēstēr, from Ancient Greek πρηστήρ (prēstḗr, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”).
Noun
prester (plural presters or (rare) presteres)
- A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
- One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prester in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- represt, terpers
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɛs.te/
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Verb
prester
- (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
- J'ai presté cinq heures.
Inflection
Conjugation of prester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prestant /pʁɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | presté /pʁɛs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | preste /pʁɛst/ | prestes /pʁɛst/ | preste /pʁɛst/ | prestons /pʁɛs.tɔ̃/ | prestez /pʁɛs.te/ | prestent /pʁɛst/ |
| imperfect | prestais /pʁɛs.tɛ/ | prestais /pʁɛs.tɛ/ | prestait /pʁɛs.tɛ/ | prestions /pʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ | prestiez /pʁɛs.tje/ | prestaient /pʁɛs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prestai /pʁɛs.te/ | prestas /pʁɛs.ta/ | presta /pʁɛs.ta/ | prestâmes /pʁɛs.tam/ | prestâtes /pʁɛs.tat/ | prestèrent /pʁɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | presterai /pʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ | presteras /pʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ | prestera /pʁɛs.tə.ʁa/ | presterons /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | presterez /pʁɛs.tə.ʁe/ | presteront /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | presterais /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | presterais /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | presterait /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | presterions /pʁɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | presteriez /pʁɛs.tə.ʁje/ | presteraient /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | preste /pʁɛst/ | prestes /pʁɛst/ | preste /pʁɛst/ | prestions /pʁɛs.tjɔ̃/ | prestiez /pʁɛs.tje/ | prestent /pʁɛst/ |
| imperfect2 | prestasse /pʁɛs.tas/ | prestasses /pʁɛs.tas/ | prestât /pʁɛs.ta/ | prestassions /pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | prestassiez /pʁɛs.ta.sje/ | prestassent /pʁɛs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | preste /pʁɛst/ | — | prestons /pʁɛs.tɔ̃/ | prestez /pʁɛs.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- prestation
Further reading
- “prester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- preter
Etymology
From Old French prester.
Verb
prester
- to lend; to loan
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of prester
| infinitive | simple | prester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | prestant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | presté | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | preste | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
| imperfect | prestois, prestoys | prestois, prestoys | prestoit, prestoyt | prestions, prestyons | prestiez, prestyez | prestoient, prestoyent | |
| past historic | presta | prestas | presta | prestasmes | prestastes | presterent | |
| future | presterai, presteray | presteras | prestera | presterons | presterez | presteront | |
| conditional | presterois, presteroys | presterois, presteroys | presteroit, presteroyt | presterions, presteryons | presteriez, presteryez | presteroient, presteroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | preste | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
| imperfect | prestasse | prestasses | prestast | prestassions | prestassiez | prestassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | preste | — | prestons | prestez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
- French: prêter
Middle Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse prestr m, from Old English prēost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.
Noun
prester m
- priest
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
- Norwegian Bokmål: prest
References
- Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
- Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
prester m
- indefinite plural of prest
Old French
Etymology
From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.
Verb
prester
- to borrow
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Tant que je puisse armes trover
Ou a loiier ou a prester.- As long as I can find arms
- Either to hire, or to borrow.
- Tant que je puisse armes trover
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of prester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prester | avoir presté | |||||
| gerund | en prestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | prestant | ||||||
| past participle | presté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | prest | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
| imperfect | prestoie, presteie, prestoe, presteve | prestoies, presteies, prestoes, presteves | prestoit, presteit, prestot, presteve | prestiiens, prestiens | prestiiez, prestiez | prestoient, presteient, prestoent, prestevent | |
| preterite | prestai | prestas | presta | prestames | prestastes | presterent | |
| future | presterai | presteras | prestera | presterons | presteroiz, prestereiz, presterez | presteront | |
| conditional | presteroie, prestereie | presteroies, prestereies | presteroit, prestereit | presteriiens, presteriens | presteriiez, presteriez | presteroient, prestereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | prest | prez | prest | prestons | prestez | prestent |
| imperfect | prestasse | prestasses | prestast | prestissons, prestissiens | prestissoiz, prestissez, prestissiez | prestassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | preste | — | prestons | prestez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: prester, preter
- French: prêter