père
See also: pere, Pere, pére, pêre, and Père
English
Alternative forms
- pere
Etymology
Borrowed from French père (“father”), from Latin pater. Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and pater.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /pɛə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: pair, pare, pear
Noun
père (plural pères)
- A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
- Sr. - 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
- Reep, peer
French
Etymology
From Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin pater, patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ/
audio (France) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /paɛ̯ʁ/
audio (Quebec) (file) - (mostly obsolete) IPA(key): /peɾ(ə)/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /pæɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
- Homophones: pères, pair, pairs, paire, paires, perd, perds
Noun
père m (plural pères)
- father (parent)
- Coordinate term: (mother) mère
- father (clergyman)
- Sr. (senior) (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)
- Antonym: (Jr.) fils
Derived terms
- beau-père
- fête des Pères
- grand-père
- père de famille
- père de l'Église
- père fondateur
- père fouettard
- Père Noël
- petit père
- tel père, tel fils
- vendre père et mère
Descendants
- → Dutch: pere
- → English: père
Further reading
- “père”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Noun
père m (plural pères)
- (France) father
Alternative forms
- péthe (Jersey)
- pére (Guernsey)
Hypernyms
- parent
Coordinate terms
- (gender): mère
Etymology 2
From Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as feminine singular.
Noun
père f (plural pères)
- (Guernsey) pear
Alternative forms
- peire (continental Normandy)
- paithe (Jersey)