beau-père

See also: beaupere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French beau pere, beaupere, beau-père, biau pere. By surface analysis, beau- +‎ père.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.pɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Paris)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

beau-père m (plural beaux-pères)

1. a father-in-law, the father of one's spouse
2. a stepfather, stepdad, the present husband of the mother of a child from a previous marriage

Coordinate terms

• bru f
• gendre m

Related terms

• beau-fils m
• beau-frère m
• belle-fille f
• belle-mère f
• belle-sœur f
• grand-père m

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: bòpè
• Mauritian Creole: boper

Further reading

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