père
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père
- /pɛə(ɹ)/
Sounds like pair, pare, pear · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French père (“father”), from Latin pater. Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and pater.
noun pères · pere
- 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).
