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estre

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See also: -estre

English

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Etymology

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From Old French estre (state, plan). Cognate with some forms of be (including is and are).

Noun

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estre (plural estres)

  1. (archaic or obsolete) The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
    • 1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 15, in The Horse and His Boy, page 239:
      "And tomorrow, Cor," he added, "shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness: for it will be thine to guard when I'm gone."

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Franco-Provençal

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Verb

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estre (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois, Old Lyonnais)

  1. Alternative form of étre (to be)

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French

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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estre

  1. Archaic spelling of être.

Conjugation

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Galician

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Verb

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estre

  1. inflection of estrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hungarian

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Etymology

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est +‎ -re

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛʃtrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: est‧re

Noun

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estre

  1. sublative singular of est

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French estre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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estre

  1. to be

Conjugation

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  • Like Modern French être, highly irregular.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Noun

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estre m (plural estres)

  1. being (creature, entity)

Quotations

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Descendants

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  • French: être
  • Middle English: estre (circumstance)

Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Classical Latin esse. Unrelated to ester < stāre (stand) but progressively blended with it.

Pronunciation

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  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈɛstɾə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈɛːtɾə/

Verb

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estre

  1. to be

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants

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(In many if not all cases blended with ester.)