ordinaire

English

Etymology

From French ordinaire.

Noun

ordinaire (countable and uncountable, plural ordinaires)

  1. Wine for ordinary use.
  2. A soldier's mess.
  3. A person of common rank.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: or‧di‧nai‧re

Adjective

ordinaire

  1. inflection of ordinair:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French ordinaire, borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin ōrdō (whence French ordre) + -ārius (whence -aire).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ordinaire (plural ordinaires)

    1. ordinary
      Coordinate term: extraordinaire
    2. mediocre, nondescript
    3. (Quebec) rude, discourteous, shabby

    Derived terms

    Noun

    ordinaire m (plural ordinaires)

    1. (with the definite article) the ordinary, the usual
      sortir de l'ordinaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      d'ordinaire ― usually

    Further reading

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      First known attestation in 1260 as ordenaire,[1] borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius.

      Noun

      ordinaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural ordinaires, nominative singular ordinaires, nominative plural ordinaire) (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

      1. a diocesan church official
      2. (law) judge ordinary
      3. (Antiquity) ordinarius, a Roman soldier
      4. ordainer; one who may confer a title
      5. (Christianity) ordinary (book, manual)

      Adjective

      ordinaire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ordinaire)

      1. ordinary; usual
      2. (law) ordinary (of a judge, etc.)

      Descendants

      • English: ordinary
      • French: ordinaire

      References

      1. ^ Etymology and history of “ordinaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
      This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.