contramestre
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcontramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra)
Further reading
edit- “contramestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
editEtymology
editContra- (“auxiliary”) + mestre (“master”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra, feminine plural contramestras)
- (nautical) boatswain, petty officer who controls the work of other seamen
- foreman, overseer
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “contramestre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “contramestre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “contramestre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom contra- (“auxiliary”) + mestre (“master”).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editcontramestre m (plural contramestres, feminine contramestra, feminine plural contramestras)
- overseer; supervisor (person with overseeing the work of a person or group)
- Synonym: supervisor
- (nautical) petty officer who controls the work of other seamen
- (nautical) substitute captain
Categories:
- Catalan terms prefixed with contra-
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Nautical
- ca:Nautical occupations
- ca:Occupations
- Galician terms prefixed with contra-
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Nautical
- Portuguese terms prefixed with contra-
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Nautical