gendre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gendre), from Latin gener, generum (compare Italian genero, French gendre, Spanish yerno), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɾe/

Noun

gendre m (plural gendres)

1. son-in-law

See also

• jove
• nora

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French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gener, generum, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃dʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dʁ
• Homophone: gendres

Noun

gendre m (plural gendres)

1. son-in-law

Synonyms

• beau-fils

Coordinate terms

• beau-frère
• beau-père
• bel-enfant
• belle-fille
• belle-mère
• belle-sœur
• bru
• gendresse

 

Further reading

• “gendre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).