tel père, tel fils
French, proverb/tɛl pɛʁ | tɛl fis/
tel père, tel fils is a French proverb meaning “like father, like son” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tel père, tel fils mean in English?
proverb
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like father, like son
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Le fils est à l'image du père.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tel père, tel fils
- telle mère, telle fille
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tel père, tel fils?
- /tɛl pɛʁ | tɛl fis/
- \tɛl pɛʁ tɛl fis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.