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English
Etymology
French ordinaire
Noun
ordinaire (countable and uncountable, plural ordinaires)
- Wine for ordinary use.
- A soldier's mess.
- A person of common rank.
Related terms
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)
- ordinary
- mediocre
- (Quebec) rude, discourteous, shabby
Noun
ordinaire m (plural ordinaires)
- (with the definite article) the ordinary, the usual
Derived terms
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First known attestation in 1260 as ordenaire, borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius.
Noun
ordinaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural ordinaires, nominative singular ordinaires, nominative plural ordinaire) (chiefly Anglo-Norman)
- a diocesan church official
- (law) judge ordinary
- (Antiquity) ordinarius, a Roman soldier
- ordainer; one who may confer a title
- (Christianity) ordinary (book, manual)
Adjective
ordinaire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ordinaire)
- ordinary; usual
- (law) ordinary (of a judge, etc.)
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