maîtrise

See also: maîtrisé, maitrise, and maitrisé

French

Alternative forms

maitrise (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.tʁiz/, /me.tʁiz/

Etymology 1

From maître +‎ -ise.

Noun

maîtrise f (plural maîtrises)

mastery
control
maîtrise du ciel ― air superiority (literally, “control of the sky”)
(Canada) master's degree

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maîtrise

inflection of maîtriser:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“maîtrise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

méritais, miserait, miterais, remisait

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