máster

See also: master, Master, màster, Mäster, and mäster

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• master (unadapted form)

Etymology

Borrowed from English master. Doublet of mestre, maestro, magíster, and míster.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.teʁ/ [ˈmas.teh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.teʁ/ [ˈmas.teh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.teɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃ.teʁ/ [ˈmaʃ.teχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.teɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃ.tɛɾ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asteʁ, (Portugal) -aʃtɛɾ
• Hyphenation: más‧ter

Noun

máster m (plural másteres or másters)

1. master (original version of a document or of a recording)

   Synonym: matriz

Derived terms

• masterizar

 

Further reading

• “máster”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “máster”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English master. Doublet of maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasteɾ/ [ˈmas.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -asteɾ
• Syllabification: más‧ter

Noun

máster m (plural másteres)

1. master's degree, master

   Synonym: maestría

Further reading

• “máster”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10