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ordinaire

ordinaire

French

Adjective

ordinaire m, f (plural ordinaires)

  1. ordinary

Noun

ordinaire m (plural ordinaires)

  1. ordinary, usual

Derived terms


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

ordinaire 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.)

References

  1. ordinaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).