instituteur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French instituteur, from Latin īnstitūtor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪn.sti.tyˈtøːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧sti‧tu‧teur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

instituteur m (plural instituteurs, feminine institutrice)

  1. boarding school teacher, esp. the schoolmaster or headteacher of a boarding school
    Synonym: kostschoolhouder

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ/
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Noun

instituteur m (plural instituteurs, feminine institutrice)

  1. (education, obsolete) primary school teacher
    Synonyms: professeur des écoles, maître d’école

Descendants

  • Dutch: instituteur
  • Romanian: institutor

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