different between rester vs prester

English

Etymology

From Middle English restar, restere, equivalent to rest +? -er.

Noun

rester (plural resters)

1. One who rests.
   • 2013, Diane P. Koenker, Club Red: Vacation Travel and the Soviet Dream (page 136)

     Their ideal vacation experience made the rester the focus of care, the object of medical, cultural, and culinary attention.

Anagrams

• errest, erster, terser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rest?re, present active infinitive of rest?. Compare inherited Old French rester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.te/

Verb

rester

1. (intransitive) to stay

   On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.

2. to remain, be left over

   Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.

3. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)

   Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.

4. (rare) to rest
5. (Louisiana, Canada) to live

   Moi, je reste au Québec.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• stérer, terres, terser

Ladin

Verb

rester

1. to remain, stay

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin rest?, rest?re.

Verb

rester

1. (Jersey) to stay

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rester m

1. indefinite plural of rest

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rest?re, present active infinitive of rest?.

Verb

rester

1. to stay
2. to rest
3. to remain, be left over

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Swedish

Noun

rester

1. indefinite plural of rest

Anagrams

• terser

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French prestre. See priest.

Noun

prester (plural presters)

1. (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.

Derived terms

• Prester John

Etymology 2

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pr?st?r, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”).

Noun

prester (plural presters)

1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
2. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.

Anagrams

• represt, terpers

French

Verb

prester

1. (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service

   J'ai presté cinq heures.

Derived terms

• prestation

Further reading

• “prester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• preter

Etymology

From Old French prester.

Verb

prester

1. 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.

Descendants

• French: prêter

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr m, From Old English pr?ost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.

Noun

prester m

1. priest

Descendants

References

• Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
• Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

prester m

1. indefinite plural of prest

Old French

Etymology

From Latin praest?re, present active infinitive of praest?.

Verb

prester

1. 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.

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.

Descendants

• Middle French: prester, preter
  • French: prêter