sire

Meaning

Noun

1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
2. A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
3. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
4. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
5. The vampire who turned another person.

Verb

1. (transitive) To father; to beget.
2. (transitive) To turn (another person) into a vampire.

Synonyms

beget

father

👨‍👦

bull

forefather

breed

stud

bring forth

generate

procreate

engender

liege

lord

male

♂️

master

originate

mother

👩‍🍼

buck

parent

get

squire

stallion

give birth to

suzerain

dad

👨‍👦

daddy

👨‍👦

throw

whelp

Lord

male parent

your majesty

breeding horse

stone-horse

Monsieur

seed horse

ancestor

stable horse

antecedent

archon

bear out

begetter

born

🐣

calve

fader

fertilize

forbear

forebear

grandee

impregnate

lay

litter

Translations

père

👨‍👦

padre

👨‍👦

genitore

generare

padre

👨‍👦

baba

👨‍👦

bav

👨‍👦

semental

gerar

pare

👨‍👦

engendrer

stallone

zeugen

genitor

sire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sire

Cognate with French: monsieur

In summary

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.