pâtre

See also: patre

French

Etymology

From Old French pastre, inherited from Latin pastor (the nominative form); cf. also the French doublet pasteur, borrowed from the Latin accusative or genitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patʁ/ ~ /pɑtʁ/

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Noun

pâtre m (plural pâtres)

1. (literary, poetic) shepherd, herdsman

Related terms

• pasteur
• paître
• paisson

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• parte, prêta, taper, tarpé