Pater noster
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Latin
Etymology
From pater (“father”) + noster (“our”). Prayer taken from the Bible: Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter ˈnos.ter/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter ˈnos.ter/,
Proper noun
Pater noster ? (indeclinable)
- The Lord's prayer (literally our father)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Old English: Paternoster
- Middle English: pater noster, paternoster
- English: paternoster
- Middle English: pater noster, paternoster
- → Middle Dutch: paternoster
- Dutch: paternoster
- → German: Paternoster
- → Hungarian: páternoszter