noun, masculine/pɛʁ/plural: pères
father (parent); father (clergyman); Sr. (senior) (postnominal title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son)
Antonyms: fils
Inherited from Middle French pere, from Old French pedre, pedra, pere, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.