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pere

pere is the alternative spelling of père.

Meaning of père

Noun

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).

Proper noun capitalized: Pere

Pere (plural Peres)

  1. A surname.

Forms of pere

pluralPeres

Origin of pere

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Péré, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Catalan Pere, a personal name equivalent of Peter. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pere.

Questions about pere

What does pere mean?
Pere means a surname.
What is pere the alternative spelling of?
Pere is the alternative spelling of père.
What part of speech is pere?
Pere is a proper noun.

Words near pere in the dictionary

  1. perdures
  2. perduring
  3. perduringly
  4. perdus
  5. perdy
  6. pere
  7. perea
  8. Perean
  9. Pereans
  10. Perechyn
  11. Pereda

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pere (page history and authors); Pere (page history and authors); père (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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