apôtre

Inherited from Old French apostre (c. 1180), apostle (c. 1100), borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

• IPA^(key): /a.potʁ/

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• Rhymes: -otʁ

apôtre m (plural apôtres, feminine apôtresse)

1. apostle

• bon apôtre
• faire le bon apôtre
• isapôtre

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

• opérât, optera

From Old French apostle, apostre, borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

apôtre m (plural apôtres)

1. (Jersey, Christianity) apostle