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English
Pronunciation
- (US) /ËfÉ.ðÉ/
- (UK) /ËfÉ.ðÉ/
Homophones
Etymology
From Middle English fader < Old English fæder < Proto-Germanic *fader < Proto-Indo-European *pÉ2ter; cognates include Mycenaean Greek pa-te (pater), Greek ÏαÏÎ®Ï (patá¸r), Latin pater, Spanish padre, French père, and German Vater.
Noun
Father (plural Fathers)
- A male parent.
- A term of address for an elderly man.
- A term of address for a Christian priest.
Synonyms
Translations
male parent
- Albanian: atë
- Afrikaans: (formal) vader; informal pa
- Apache:
- Arabic: أب٠(âab) m.
- Aragonese: pai m.
- Basque: aita
- Bosnian: otac m.
- Breton: tad m., tadoù pl.
- Bulgarian: баÑа (bášta) m.
- Catalan: pare m.
- CJKV Characters: ç¶; 禰, 祢 (deceased)
- Chinese: ç¶ (fù), ç¸ç¸ (bà bà ), ç¶äº² (fùqÄ«n)
- Croatian: otac
- Czech: otec, táta, tatÃnek, taÅ¥ka, fotr m. (pejorative')
- Danish: far c., fader c.
- Dutch: vader m.
- Esperanto: patro
- Estonian: isa
- Fijian: tama
- Finnish: isä
- French: père m.
- Georgian: áááá (mama)
- German: Vater m.
- Greek:
- Ancient: ÏαÏÎ®Ï (patá¸r) m., ÏάÏÎµÏ (páter) m.
- Modern: ÏαÏÎÏÎ±Ï (patéras) m.
- GuaranÃ: úva (túva/ru/itúva)
- Hawaiian: makua kÄne
- Hebrew: ×Ö¸× (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.
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- Kurmanji: bab m., bav m.
- Sorani: baw, bawk
- Latin: pater m.
- Lojban: patfu
- Macedonian: ÑаÑко (tatko)
- Malay: ayah, bapak, rama
- Malayalam: à´
à´àµà´à´¨àµ (atÊtÊhan)
- Maori: matua taane
- Mbabaram: nganjan
- Central Sierra Miwok: ÊypýË-
- Navajo: -taaâ
- Novial: patro
- Norwegian: far pappa
- Old English: fæder
- Pashtun : Ù¾Ùار (plar) m.
- Persian: Ù¾ÙدÙر (pedær)
- Pitjantjatjara: mama, punari
- Polish: ojciec m.
- Portuguese: pai m.
- Prussian: tÄwas
- Romanian: tatÄ m.
- Rumantsch: bap m.
- Russian: оÑÐµÑ (otÄts) m., папа (pápa) m coll., баÑÑ (bátja) m coll.
- Sardinian: babbu m
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: оÑÐ°Ñ m.
- Roman: otac m.
- Slovak: otec (formally, officially), tato (usually used only by children), tatko (usually used only by children), tatÃÄko, tati (vocative; usually used by children), foter (pejorative) m.
- Slovenian: oÄe m., oÄka m., tata m. (dialect), ata m. (dialect)
- Spanish: padre m.
- Swedish: fader, far, pappa
- Tagalog: ama
- Telugu: నానà±à°¨ (naanna), à°¤à°à°¡à±à°°à°¿ (thandri)
- Thai: à¸à¹à¸ (pôr)
- Tok Pisin: papa
- Tupinambá: uba (t-, t-)
- Turkish: ata
- Ukrainian: баÑÑко (batâko) m. (1), оÑеÑÑ (otétsâ) m. (3)
- Vietnamese: ba, cha, tÃa, thầy, cáºu, bá»
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term of address for an elderly man
term of address for a Christian priest
Transitive verb
to father
- To be a father to; to sire
Translations
Derived terms
Honorific holidays
Fatherâs Day is celebrated in the U.S. on Sunday, June 19; in Sweden on the second Sunday of November; and in many other countries around the world.
See also
el:father
fr:father
ko:father
hi:father
io:father
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la:father
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nl:father
ja:father
pl:father
sr:father
fi:father
ta:father
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