ad patres in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ad patres in the French»English Dictionary

ad patres [adpatʀɛs] ADV

envoyer qn ad patres

to send sb to meet his/her maker

Translations for ad patres in the English»French Dictionary

to go to glory euph

aller ad patres euph

to send or knock sb to kingdom come inf

envoyer qn ad patres or dans l'autre monde

Translations for ad patres in the French»English Dictionary

pâtre [pɑtʀ] N m

pâtre

shepherd

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

French

Ad est une préposition latine encore employée de nos jours dans diverses expressions telles que ad vitam æternam, ad hoc, ad patres, etc.

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