Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) father (parent)
  2. (masculine) father (clergyman)
  3. (masculine) Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)

Opposite of
fils
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛʁ/
Etymology

In summary

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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