father

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
2. A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.
3. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
4. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
5. A term of respectful address for a priest.
6. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
7. A pioneering figure in a particular field.
8. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
9. Something inanimate that begets.
10. A member of a church council.
11. The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

Verb

1. To be a father to; to sire.
2. (figuratively) To give rise to.
3. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
4. To provide with a father.
5. To adopt as one's own.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fader

Heretat de anglès antic: fæder

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
Proto-Germanic *fadēr
Proto-West Germanic *fader
Old English fæder
Middle English fader
English father
Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr, possibly from *peh₂- + *-tḗr.
Doublet of ayr, faeder, athair, padre, pater, and père.

Conceptes

pare

👨‍👦

papa

papà

avantpassat

engendrar

fundador

ascendent

antecessor

generar

Sinònims

dad

👨‍👦

daddy

👨‍👦

papa

👨‍👦

uncle

male parent

sire

progenitor

priest

mother

👩‍🍼

parent

founder

FB

begetter

father’s brother

beget

forefather

generate

sir

engender

creator

grandfather

parents

my father

Father

👨‍👦

elder

Dad

👨‍👦

don

teacher

🧑‍🏫

ancestor

patron

pastor

minister

master

father-in-law

bring forth

in-law

bishop

son

father’s sister

husband

🤵

guardian

paw

procreate

beginner

🔰

pater

produce

get

chaplain

originator

owner

Traduccions

père

👨‍👦

padre

👨‍👦

Vater

👨‍👦

padre

👨‍👦

vader

👨‍👦

pai

👨‍👦

ojciec

pater

👨‍👦

baba

👨‍👦

πατέρας

papa

👨‍👦

ata

babbo

👨‍👦

paire

papà

👨‍👦

Frases

Where is your father ?

His father introduced him to boxing around the age of seven .

Her screams bring her father and their butler , Hobson .

“ It’s time ,” said his father , and he was right .

He was the presumptive father of philosopher Edmund Montgomery .

The film features George Segal as Albert , the illegitimate father of Mikey .