"père" meaning in French

See père in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛʁ/, [pɛːʁ] [Europe], [paɛ̯ʁ] [Quebec], [pæɾ] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-père.ogg , Qc-père.ogg Forms: pères [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|pere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French pere, {{inh+|fr|frm|pere}} Inherited from Middle French pere, {{inh|fr|fro|pedre}} Old French pedre, {{inh|fr|la|pater|patrem}} Latin patrem, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*patēr}} Proto-Italic *patēr, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} père m (plural pères)
  1. father (parent) Tags: masculine Coordinate_terms: mère
    Sense id: en-père-fr-noun-4t31iu6M
  2. father (clergyman) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-père-fr-noun-UpcK7JMO
  3. Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-père-fr-noun-VuQcgWYY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Male, Male family members Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 79 Disambiguation of Male: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Male family members: 11 11 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fr",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fr:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "beau-père"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fête des Pères"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "grand-père"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "père de famille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "père de l'Église"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "père fondateur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "père fouettard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Père Noël"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "petit père"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tel père, tel fils"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vendre père et mère"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "pere",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: pere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: pere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "père",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: père",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: père"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French pere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "pere"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "pedre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French pedre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pater",
        "4": "patrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin patrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*patēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *patēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pères",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "père m (plural pères)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "mère"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father (parent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-père-fr-noun-4t31iu6M",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "father (clergyman)"
      ],
      "id": "en-père-fr-noun-UpcK7JMO",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fils"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "fr:Male",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "fr:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)"
      ],
      "id": "en-père-fr-noun-VuQcgWYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sr.",
          "Sr."
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛːʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Europe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-père.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[paɛ̯ʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Qc-père.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pæɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "paire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "paires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "perd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "perds"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "père"
}
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    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ/1 syllable",
    "fr:Family",
    "fr:Male",
    "fr:Male family members",
    "nrf:Family",
    "nrf:Fruits",
    "nrf:Male"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beau-père"
    },
    {
      "word": "fête des Pères"
    },
    {
      "word": "grand-père"
    },
    {
      "word": "père de famille"
    },
    {
      "word": "père de l'Église"
    },
    {
      "word": "père fondateur"
    },
    {
      "word": "père fouettard"
    },
    {
      "word": "Père Noël"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit père"
    },
    {
      "word": "tel père, tel fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "vendre père et mère"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "pere",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: pere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: pere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "père",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: père",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: père"
    }
  ],
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      },
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        "4": "",
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French pere",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "3": "pedre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French pedre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pater",
        "4": "patrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin patrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *patēr",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pères",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "père m (plural pères)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "mère"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father (parent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "father (clergyman)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fils"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sr.",
          "Sr."
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛːʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Europe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-père.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Fr-p%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[paɛ̯ʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Qc-père.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Qc-p%C3%A8re.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pæɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "paire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "paires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "perd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "perds"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "père"
}

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