beau-père
See also: beaupere
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French beau pere, beaupere, beau-père, biau pere. By surface analysis, beau- + père.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo.pɛʁ/
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Noun
beau-père m (plural beaux-pères)
- a father-in-law, the father of one's spouse
- a stepfather, stepdad, the present husband of the mother of a child from a previous marriage
Related terms
- grand-père m
- beau-fils m
- beau-frère m
- belle-fille f
- belle-mère f
- belle-sœur f
- bru f
- gendre m
Further reading
- “beau-père”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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