père

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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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).

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  • 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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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin 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) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)
    Antonym: (Jr.) fils

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: pere
  • English: père

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Norman

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Etymology 1

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

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrm

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père m (plural pères)

  1. (France) father
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Etymology 2

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

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père f (plural pères)

  1. (Guernsey) pear
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