magister
French, noun\ma.ʒis.tɛʁ\
magister is spelled M-A-G-I-S-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magister is a French masculine noun meaning “schoolmaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maître d’école”.
What does magister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoleteschoolmaster
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maître d’école. 2. Personnage pédant ou dogmatique. 3. Fonctionnaire militaire, policier ou religieux utilisant la magie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of magister
- magisters plural
- magistère
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magister?
- \ma.ʒis.tɛʁ\
- [ma.ʒis.tɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is magister in French?
magister appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).