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father

1. noun père m.

2. transitive verb engendrer (child).

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'father' found in these entries:

English:

Father Christmas - father-in-law - figure - just

French:

beau-père - celui-ci - de - dont - engendrer - papa - passer - penser - père - portrait - pouponner - révérend - tel - vivant

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Principal Translations/Principales traductions
father	n	(parent)	père nm
My father is fifty years old today.
Mon père a cinquante ans aujourd'hui.
Father	n	(priest, clergy) clergé	père nm
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
Pardonnez-moi mon Père, parce que j'ai péché.
father	n	(founder) fondateur	père nm
The fathers of the American Constitution were wary of government.
Les pères de la Constitution américaine étaient méfiants envers le gouvernement.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
father	n	(ancestor) ancêtre	père nm
Our fathers came to this country many centuries ago.
Nos pères sont arrivés dans ce pays il y a de nombreux siècles.
father	n	(old man) vieilli	aïeul nm
Old father James is coming to visit.
L'aïeul James vient nous rendre visite.
father	n	(leading man) historique : membres du conseil municipal	édile nm
The city fathers decided to build a new town hall.
Les édiles de la ville ont décidé de construire un nouvel hôtel de ville.
father	n	figurative (precursor) figuré : précurseur	père nm
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.
Freud est le père de la psychanalyse.
Father	n	(theology: God) théologie : Dieu	père nm
Let me suffer no more, Father!
Ô Père, ne me laissez pas souffrir !
father	vtr	(beget)	engendrer vtr ⇒
He fathered seven children.
Il engendra sept enfants.
father	vtr	(author, originate)	concevoir vtr ⇒
He fathered the new law on education.
Il conçut la nouvelle loi sur l'éducation.
father	vtr	(act as a father)	servir de père vi ⇒
He fathers all the children in the village.
Il sert de père à tous les enfants du village.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
Council Father		adj	conciliaire (père conciliaire)
Founding Father (History)		nm	père fondateur (Histoire)
Holy Father		nm	saint-Père
my Father's house			ma maison paternelle
only-begotten Son of the Father, the			le Fils unique du Père
our Father			notre Père
the Father			le Père
the Father of Lies			le père des mensonges
the Father of Lies			le diable
the Holy Father			le Saint Père
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
be a father to		v	être un père pour
father confessor		nm	directeur de conscience
father figure		nf	figure du père
father-in-law		n	beau-père
foster father			père nourricier
foster-father			père nourricier
good-father			en bon père de famille
spiritual father			père spirituel
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "father".

"..As his father will be"
"daughter" - as used by father
"she has her father's eyes"
absence of a father
Although my father wants me to
Andre's Father
Anthony Creswell's father, a keen fisherman, started smoking the salmon
beau-père - stepfather AND father-in-law
But when a strange man claims to be the father of...
dead father
disowned his father's relatives
does your father suspect anything?
EN: father's house / parents' house - apostrophe - grammaire
equivalent to that of her father
Father
father / dad / daddy / pop
Father Christmas
Father Christmas
Father figure
father figure
father material
Father or Mother?
Father Time
father-daughter
Father-dominated
Father-in-charge
father-in-law/stepfather, etc.
father-to-be
father-to-be
Father's Day
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