"compère" meaning in French

See compère in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.pɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-compère.wav Forms: compères [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French comper, from Old French comper, conper, from Late Latin compatrem (“godfather”), from Latin com- + pater. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|comper|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French comper, {{inh+|fr|frm|comper}} Inherited from Middle French comper, {{inh|fr|fro|comper}} Old French comper, {{inh|fr|LL.|compater|compatrem|godfather}} Late Latin compatrem (“godfather”), {{inh|fr|la|com-}} Latin com- Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} compère m (plural compères)
  1. partner, accomplice Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-compère-fr-noun-Cr7iZkTt Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Male family members Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 37 16 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 37 16 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Male family members: 81 19
  2. (obsolete) the godfather of one's child or the father of one's godchild Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-compère-fr-noun-Soy9E1jU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compérage Related terms: père
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0

Inflected forms

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