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Father
English
Etymology
From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder ; cognates include Greek πατηρ (pater), Latin pater and German Vater.
Pronunciation
- fä'thə(r), /ˈfɑ:ðə(r)/, /"fA:D@(r)/
Homophones
Noun
- A male parent.
- A term of address for an elderly man.
- A term of address for a Christian priest.
Synonyms
Translations
male parent
- Arabic: اَب (ab)
- Aragonese: pai m
- Bitruscan: baitri
- Breton: tad m -où
- Bulgarian: баща f
- Catalan: pare m (ca)
- Chinese Characters: 父; 禰, 祢 (deceased)
- Chinese: 父, 爸爸
- Danish: far c, fader c
- Czech: otec, táta , tatínek , taťka , fotr (pejorative) m
- Dutch: vader m
- Ekspreso: patere
- Esperanto: patro
- Estonian: isa
- Finnish: isä (fi)
- French: père m
- German: Vater m (de)
- Greek: πατήρ m
- Guaraní: úva (túva/ru/itúva)
- Icelandic: faðir
- Hebrew: אָב m
- Ido: patro
- Indonesian: ayah , bapak, ayahanda
- Interlingua: patre
- athair
- Italian: padre m
- Japanese: お父さん (おとうさん , otōsan), 父 (ちち , chichi)
- Korean: 아버지 (abeoji)
- Latin: pater, patris m
- Macedonian: татко (tatko)
- Central Sierra Miwok : ʔypýˑ-
- Persian: پِدَر (pedær)
- Pitjantjatjara: mama, punari
- Polish: ojciec , m
- Portuguese: pai m
- Romanian: tată m
- Russian: отец (otets)
- 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, tata m (dialect), ata m (dialect)
- Spanish: padre m
- Swedish: fader, far, pappa
- Thai: พ่อ
- Tok Pisin: papa
- Tupinambá: uba (t-, t-)
term of address for an elderly man
term of address for a Christian priest
Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing the numbers. The numbering is unreliable.
- Danish: fader c (2)
- Finnish: isä (1,3)
- Spanish: padre m (2)
- Ukrainian: батько m (1), отець m (3)
Transitive verb
to father
- To be a father to; to sire
Translations
- Danish: være far for
- Finnish: siittää
- German: zeugen
Derived words
See also
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