père

See also pere

English

Alternative forms

• pere

Etymology

From French père (“father”), from Latin pater.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pâr, IPA: /pɛə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /pE@(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Noun

père (plural pères)

1. A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
2. Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the father is being referred to rather than the son; junior, fils.

Usage notes

• Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

See also

• fils

Anagrams

• peer

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French

Etymology

From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, patrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛʁ/, X-SAMPA: /pER/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

père m (plural pères)

1. father (parent)
2. father (clergyman)

Derived terms

• grand-père
• beau-père

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

père m (plural pères)

1. father