monster
Meaning
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- (neuter) a monster, terrifying and dangerous creature
- (neuter) an extremely antisocial person, especially a criminal
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Hyphenated as
mon‧ster
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔnstər/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch monster, probably from Old French monstre, from Latin mōnstrum. Cognate with English monster.
New
monsteren
- (transitive) to inspect, to sample
- (transitive) to enroll, to be recruited
- (transitive) to muster (troops for inspection)
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