ordinaire

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Italic *ordōder.

Latin ōrdō, ōrdinis

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin ōrdināriuslbor.

Old French ordinaire

French ordinairebor.

English ordinaire

Borrowed 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.

Related terms

• vin ordinaire

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Pronunciation

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• 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

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/

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Adjective

ordinaire (plural ordinaires)

1. ordinary

   Coordinate term: extraordinaire

2. mediocre, nondescript
3. (Quebec) rude, discourteous, shabby

Derived terms

• extraordinaire
• ordinairement

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

• “ordinaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• ordenaire
• ordenarie
• ordinarie

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)

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 (feminine ordinaire)

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

Descendants

• English: ordinary
• French: ordinaire

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “ordinaire”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “ordenaire”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.