how to pronounce père

/pɛʁ/

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père is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of père in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… grosse colère donc mon père ma mère moi …”

meanings of père

noun:

Father (clergyman).
Father (parent).
Sr. (senior) (postnomial title used to indicate a father that shares the same name as the son).

name:

Father, title for priests.
Father, person of the Holy Trinity.

père frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word père occurs in french on average 243.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.