parâtre

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French parastre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin patraster, patrastrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁatʁ/, /pa.ʁɑtʁ/

Noun

parâtre m (plural parâtres, feminine marâtre)

1. stepfather, father-in-law (especially an evil one)

Further reading

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