English

Noun

monstre ‎(plural monstres)

1. Obsolete form of monster.

Catalan

Noun

monstre m ‎(plural monstres)

1. monster

French

Etymology

From Old French monstre, from Latin mōnstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃stʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃stʁ

Noun

monstre m ‎(plural monstres)

1. a monster
2. a hideous person
3. a fiend

Derived terms

• monstrueux, monstrueuse
• monstrueusement

Adjective

monstre m, f ‎(plural monstres)

1. (colloquial) enormous

Anagrams

• mentors, montres, montrés

Italian

Adjective

monstre ‎(invariable)

1. extraordinary, exceptional
2. monstrous (very large)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French.

Noun

monstre m (plural monstres)

1. monster
   • 1542, Clement Marot, Oeuvres augmentees d'ung grand nombre de ses compositions nouvelles, link

     Vien à l'umbrage en ce boys de grand' monstre

     Came into the shadow in these woods of a great monster

Norman

Etymology

From Old French monstre, from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre m ‎(plural monstres)

1. (Jersey) monster

Synonyms

• divèrs

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin mōnstrum.

Noun

monstre m ‎(oblique plural monstres, nominative singular monstres, nominative plural monstre)

1. monster