different between magister vs maestro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of master and maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæd??st?(?)/

Noun

magister (plural magisters)

1. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
2. The possessor of a master's degree.

Related terms

• master's degree
• master
• mister

Translations

Further reading

• magister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• magister in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gemarist, migrates, ragtimes, sterigma

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch magister, from Latin magister. Doublet of master and mester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma???st?r]
• Hyphenation: ma?gis?têr

Noun

magistêr (first-person possessive magisterku, second-person possessive magistermu, third-person possessive magisternya)

1. (higher education) master's degree.

   Synonym: master

See also

• sarjana (“bachelor”)
• doktor

Further reading

• “magister” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• macister (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma??is.ter/, [mä???s?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma?d??is.ter/, [m??d??ist??r]

Noun

magister m (genitive magistr?, feminine magistra); second declension

1. teacher
2. master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Coordinate terms

• minister

Derived terms

• magisterium
• magistra
• magistr?lis
• magistr?tus
• magistr?/ magister?

Related terms

• magis
• magnus

Descendants

From Vulgar Latin *majester, *majestru:

Borrowings

From Vulgar Latin *maester:

From magister:

References

• magister in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magister in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• magister in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magister in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• magister in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)

1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

• “magister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)

1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

• “magister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin magister

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma??is?t?er/

Noun

magister m (genitive magistir, nominative plural magistir)

1. master, teacher
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7^d10

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: máistir
• Manx: mainshtyr
• Scottish Gaelic: maighstir

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maigister, maigistir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Etymology

Directly from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma???i.st?r/

Noun

magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)

1. magister (The possessor of a master's degree)
2. master's degree (a postgraduate degree)

Declension

Noun

magister f (abbreviation mgr)

1. female equivalent of magister (“The possessor of a master's degree”)

Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

• (nouns) magisterka f, magisterium n, magistrant m pers, magistrantka f
• (adjective) magisterski

See also

• licencjat
• doktorant
• doktor

Further reading

• magister in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (plural magisters)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) male teacher

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) scolast
• (Sutsilvan) surmester

Coordinate terms

• (in terms of gender): magistra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister (“master”). Doublet of magister and master.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ma?st?o?/

Noun

maestro (plural maestros or maestri)

1. A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.
2. (slang) A gang elder in prison.

Synonyms

• master

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Masoret, Moretas, amorets, artsome, masoret, omertas, omertàs, roamest, tarsome

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?es?tro

Noun

maestro (feminine maestra)

1. a male teacher, professor, or faculty member
2. (derogatory) an advocate or promoter of something illegal or unethical

Verb

maestro

1. to be a teacher; to become a teacher; to study to become a teacher
2. (derogatory) to promote something illegal or unethical
3. (derogatory) to be an advocate or promoter of something illegal or unethical

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maestro.

Finnish

Noun

maestro

1. maestro

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maître, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?s.t?o/, /ma.es.t?o/

Noun

maestro m (plural maestros)

1. maestro

Interlingua

Noun

maestro (plural maestros)

1. master

Italian

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of mastro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??s.tro/, /ma?es.tro/
• Rhymes: -?stro

Noun

maestro m (plural maestri, feminine maestra)

1. teacher (male) (primary school)
2. master (male)
3. mast
4. (music) conductor

   Synonym: direttore d'orchestra

5. wright
6. (meteorology) mistral (maestrale wind)

Synonyms

• insegnante
• docente
• precettore
• professore
• aio
• educatore

Related terms

Adjective

maestro (feminine maestra, masculine plural maestri, feminine plural maestre)

1. proficient, accomplished, expert
2. main, most important

Derived terms

• maestramente

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Anagrams

• mortase
• staremo

Polish

Etymology

From Italian maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??.str?/

Noun

maestro m pers

1. (music) maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) maestria

Further reading

• maestro in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• maestro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of mestre, magíster, and máster.

Noun

maestro m (plural maestros)

1. (music) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?stro/
• Hyphenation: ma?e?stro

Noun

maèstro m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (music) maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• maeso (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of magíster, borrowed from Latin, and máster, borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?est?o/, [ma?es.t??o]

• IPA^(key): /?mae?st?o/, [?ma.e?s.t??o]
• Rhymes: -est?o

Noun

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestra, feminine plural maestras)

1. (especially Latin America) teacher

   Synonym: profesor

2. master
3. (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker

Adjective

maestro (feminine maestra, masculine plural maestros, feminine plural maestras)

1. expert, master

Derived terms

Related terms

• maestral
• maestranza
• magisterio

Descendants

• ? Tataltepec Chatino: mstru

Further reading

• “maestro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish maestro.

Noun

maestro

1. a male teacher

   Synonyms: guro, maestra, titser

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma?est?o]

Noun

maestro (definite accusative maestroyu, plural maestrolar)

1. maestro, a composer
2. conductor of an orchestra

Declension