Sire
Sign in to saveSire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning kings in Europe. In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current. In Belgium, the king is addressed as "Sire..." in both Dutch and French.
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Vinony's link graph records 192 inbound references to Sire, and connects out to Europe, Latin and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including Men's social titles, Nobility and Royal styles.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- form of address in the United Kingdom
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- style
- Country
- Belgium
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Sire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning kings in Europe. In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current. In Belgium, the king is addressed as "Sire..." in both Dutch and French.
The words "sire" and "sir", as well as the French "(mon)sieur", the Spanish "señor", and the Portuguese "senhor", share a common etymological origin, all ultimately being related to the Latin senior. The female equivalent form of address is dame or dam.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.