"sire" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /siʁ/ Forms: sires [plural]
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French sire (nominative form), from Vulgar Latin *seior (used as a term of address), a contracted form of Latin senior (compare French seigneur, derived from the accusative form), perhaps influenced by maior. Doublet of seigneur, senior, and sieur. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|fr|ine|sénos}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|sire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French sire, {{inh+|fr|fro|sire}} Inherited from Old French sire, {{inh|fr|VL.||*seior}} Vulgar Latin *seior, {{inh|fr|la|senior}} Latin senior, {{cog|fr|seigneur}} French seigneur, {{m|la|maior}} maior, {{doublet|fr|seigneur|senior|sieur}} Doublet of seigneur, senior, and sieur Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sire m (plural sires)
  1. (obsolete) sire (term of respect) (Still used in at least partly French-speaking kingdoms such as Belgium or Canada as a form of address to the sovereign) Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-sire-fr-noun-pdhGvsRV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (obsolete) lord Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-sire-fr-noun-CWs3ZNlh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: triste sire Related terms: monsieur, seigneur

Inflected forms

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