padre

Other forms of padre

plural

padres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about padre

What does padre mean?

padre means "a chaplain in one of the military services". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in padre?

padre has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈpæˌdɹeɪ/.

What is another word for padre?

Close synonyms include military chaplain, Holy Joe, sky pilot, Father. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is padre a common word?

padre is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with padre?

2 words rhyme with padre. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.