French

Adjective

ordinaire m, f ‎(plural ordinaires)

1. ordinary

Noun

ordinaire m ‎(plural ordinaires)

1. ordinary, usual

Derived terms

• d'ordinaire
• sortir de l'ordinaire
• ordinairement

Old French

Alternative forms

• ordenaire
• ordenarie
• ordinarie

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).

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ordinaire, supplement)
• ordenaire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub