en maître
\ɑ̃ mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“en maître” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec une grande autorité, en dominant les autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-maitre · en maître · French
en maître · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en maître |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en maître » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en maître is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec une grande autorité, en dominant les autres.".
Zero misspellings are on record for en maître in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is en maître, spelled E-N- -M-A-Î-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Avec une grande autorité, en dominant les autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en maître appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans leurs querelles, bien qu’il fût beaucoup plus faible qu’Antoine, il le battait en maître.
Des tout petits se griffent, des fillettes interviennent, justicières ; des commères ne tarissent pas, des forcenés glissent, tapent du talon, chantent, braillent, en amateurs solitaires. Le cri pointu des filles se dégage en maître.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.