bestiaire
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛs.tjɛʁ/
Etymology 1
From Old French bestiaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire m (plural bestiaires)
- bestiary
Related terms
- bête
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin bēstiārius, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire m (plural bestiaires)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) beastmaster (type of gladiator fighting wild beasts)
- Synonym: belluaire
Related terms
- bête
Further reading
- “bestiaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
bestiaire m (oblique plural bestiaires, nominative singular bestiaires, nominative plural bestiaire)
- bestiary
Related terms
- beste
Descendants
- French: bestiaire