maîtrise

See also: maîtrisé, maitrise, and maitrisé

French

Alternative forms

• maitrise (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.tʁiz/ ~ /me.tʁiz/

Etymology 1

From maître +‎ -ise.

Noun

maîtrise f (plural maîtrises)

1. mastery
2. control

   maîtrise du ciel ― air superiority (literally, “control of the sky”)

3. (Canada) master's degree

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maîtrise

1. inflection of maîtriser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “maîtrise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• méritais, miserait, miterais, remisait