contremaître
French
noun
Definitions
- foreman (leader of a work crew)
Etymology
Compound from French contre (counter-) + French maître (master).
Origin
French
maître
Gloss
master
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- to counter English
- contra Italian
- contrare Italian
- contro Italian
- maître Dutch, Flemish
- Lemaître French
- contre French
- contre-fenêtre French
- contre-jour French
- contre-porte French
- contreproductif French
- maistrance French
- maître French
- maître d'hôtel French
- maîtresse French
- maîtrise French
- quartier-maître French
- мэтр Russian
- kontraŭ Esperanto
- contra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- contre Middle French
- maistre Middle French
- mèt tèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
- maite Louisiana Creole French