bourgmestre
French
Alternative forms
- bourguemaître (archaic)
Etymology
From Old French bourgemaistre (with various variants), from Middle Dutch burchmeester and Middle High German burgemeister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.mɛstʁ/, /buʁɡ.mɛstʁ/
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Noun
bourgmestre m or f by sense (plural bourgmestres)
- (Belgium, Luxembourg, and of Germanic-speaking countries) mayor
See also
- mayeur
- maire
Further reading
- “bourgmestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.