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Definition for: father

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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Etymology

From Middle English fader < Old English fæder < Proto-Germanic *fader < Proto-Indo-European *pə 2 ter ; cognates include Mycenaean Greek pa-te ( pater ), Greek πατήρ (patḗr), Latin pater , Spanish padre , French père , and German Vater .

Pronunciation

  • ( UK ) AHD: fä' th ə , IPA: /ˈfɑː.ðə/ , SAMPA: /"fA:D@/
  • ( UK ) AHD: fä' th ər , IPA: /ˈfɑː.ðɚ/ , SAMPA: /"fA:D@`/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːðə(r)
  • Hyphenation: fa·ther

Homophones

Noun

Singular
father

Plural
fathers

father ( plural fathers )

  1. A male parent.
  2. A term of address for an elderly man.
  3. A term of address for a Christian priest.

Synonyms

Translations

male parent

  • Afrikaans: (formal) vader; informal pa
  • Albanian: atë
  • Apache:
    • Chiricahua: -taa
    • Jicarilla: -ka’éé
    • Lipan: -dádí
    • Mescalero: -dádé
    • Plains Apache: t’aah (-t’á’)
    • Western Apache: -taa, -taa’
  • Arabic: أبٌ (’ab) m .
  • Aragonese: pai m .
  • Armenian: հայր (hayr), հայրիկ (hayrik)
  • Basque: aita
  • Belarusian: бацька m . , informal тата m .
  • Bosnian: otac m .
  • Breton: tad m . , tadoù pl .
  • Bulgarian: баща (bášta) m .
  • Catalan: pare m .
  • CJKV Characters: 父; 禰, 祢 ( deceased )
  • Chinese: 父 (fù), 爸爸 (bàbà), 父亲 (fùqīn)
  • Croatian: otac
  • Czech: otec, táta, tatínek, taťka, fotr m . ( pejorative')
  • Danish: far c . , fader c .
  • Dutch: vader m .
  • Esperanto: patro
  • Estonian: isa
  • Fijian: tama
  • Finnish: isä
  • French: père m .
  • Georgian: მამა (mama)
  • German: Vater m .
  • Greek:
    Ancient: πατήρ (patḗr) m . , πάτερ (páter) m .
    Modern: πατέρας (patéras) m .
  • Gooniyandi: ngaboo
  • Guaraní: úva (túva/ru/itúva)
  • Hawaiian: makua kāne
  • Hebrew: אָב (av) m .
  • Hittite: atta c .
  • Hungarian: apa
  • Igbo:nna
  • Icelandic: faðir, feður pl .
  • Ido: patro
  • Ilocano: ama
  • Indonesian: ayah, bapak, ayahanda
  • Interlingua: patre
  • Irish: athair
  • Italian: padre m . , babbo m . , tata m .
  • Japanese: お父さん (おとうさん, otōsan), 父 (ちち, chichí)
  • Jatvingian (Sudovian): tāvas
  • Korean: 아버지 (abeoji)
  • Kurdish:
Kurmanji: bab m . , bav m .
Sorani: baw, bawk
  • Latin: pater m .
  • Lojban: patfu
  • Macedonian: татко (tatko)
  • Malay: ayah, bapak, rama
  • Malayalam: അച്ഛന് (atʃtʃhan)
  • Maori: matua taane
  • Mbabaram: nganjan
  • Central Sierra Miwok: ʔypýˑ-
  • Navajo: -taa’
  • Novial: patro
  • Norwegian: far, pappa, fader
  • Old English: fæder
  • Old Prussian: tāws m .
  • Pashtun: پلار (plar) m .
  • Persian: پِدَر (pedær)
  • Pitjantjatjara: mama, punari
  • Polish: ojciec m .
  • Portuguese: pai m .
  • Rohingya: bab
  • Romanian: tată m .
  • Rumantsch: bap m .
  • Russian: отец (otěts) m . , папа (pápa) m coll. , батя (bátja) m coll.
  • Sardinian: babbu m .
  • Scots: faither, fader
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: отац m .
    Roman: otac m .
  • Slovak: otec ( formally, officially ), tato ( usually used only by children ), tatko ( usually used only by children ), tatíčko, tati ( vocative ; usually used by children ), foter ( pejorative ) m .
  • Slovene: oče m . , očka m . , tata m . ( dialect ), ata m . ( dialect )
  • Spanish: padre m .
  • Swedish: fader, far, pappa
  • Tagalog: ama
  • Telugu: నాన్న (naanna), తండ్రి (thandri)
  • Thai: พ่อ (pôr)
  • Tok Pisin: papa
  • Tupinambá: uba (t-, t-)
  • Turkish: ata
  • Ukrainian: батько (bat’ko) m . (1), отець (otéts’) m . (3)
  • Vietnamese: ba, cha, tía, thầy, cậu, bố
  • Welsh: tad

term of address for an elderly man

  • Danish: fader c .
  • Dutch: vadertje n .
  • Hungarian: apó
  • Japanese: おとうさん (otōsan)
  • Novial: patro
  • Russian: отец (otěts) m . , батя (bátja) m coll. , папаша (papáša) m (coll. impolite)
  • Telugu: అయ్యా (ayyaa)

term of address for a Christian priest

  • Belarusian: айцец m . , informal бацюшка m .
  • Dutch: eerwaarde m . , mijnheer pastoor m .
  • German: Vater m . , Pater m .
  • Hungarian: atya
  • Japanese: 神父 (しんぷ, shinpu)
  • Novial: patro
  • Portuguese: padre m .
  • Russian: святой отец (svjatój otěts) m . , батюшка (bátjuška) m . (Russian Orthodox priest)

Transitive verb

to father ( third-person singular simple present fathers , present participle fathering , simple past fathered , past participle fathered )

Infinitive
to father

Third person singular
fathers

Simple past
fathered

Past participle
fathered

Present participle
fathering

  1. To be a father to; to sire.
  2. (figuratively) To give rise to.
  3. To act as a father; to support and nurture.

Quotations

to sire
to give rise to
to nurture as a father would

Translations

to sire
  • Danish: være far for
  • Finnish: siittää (to conceive)
  • German: zeugen
to give rise to
to act as a father
  • Spanish: engendrar

Related terms

  • fatherhood
  • father-in-law
  • fatherland
  • fatherless
  • fatherliness
  • fatherly

See also

Other Translations for "father"

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