See also: pere, Pere, pére, pêre, and Père

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French père (father), from Latin pater. Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and pater.

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NounEdit

père (plural pères)

  1. A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
  2. 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 notesEdit

  • Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin pater, patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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père m (plural pères)

  1. father (parent)
    Coordinate term: (mother) mère
  2. father (clergyman)
  3. Sr. (senior) (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)
    Antonym: (Jr.) fils

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DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: pere
  • English: père

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NormanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

 
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père m (plural pères)

  1. (France) father
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as feminine singular.

 
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NounEdit

père f (plural pères)

  1. (Guernsey) pear
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