father

Mane (English)

Noun

1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
6. A pioneering figure in a particular field.
7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
8. Something inanimate that begets.
9. A member of a church council.
10. 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. 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.

Synonyms

dad

👨‍👦

daddy

👨‍👦

papa

👨‍👦

uncle

male parent

sire

progenitor

mother

👩‍🍼

priest

parent

founder

FB

begetter

beget

forefather

father’s brother

generate

engender

creator

parents

my father

sir

grandfather

master

Dad

👨‍👦

Father

👨‍👦

teacher

🧑‍🏫

don

elder

ancestor

minister

pastor

patron

mother’s sister’s husband

paw

get

bring forth

guardian

procreate

produce

son

husband

🤵

in-law

father’s sister

founding father

beginner

🔰

reverend

lord

father-in-law

chaplain

procreator

mister

mother-in-law

bishop

originator

owner

male ancestor

pater

Padre

cleargyman

the episcopacy

the episcopate

paternal relation

fr.

🇫🇷

my uncle

eldmother

eldfather

daddy-o

impregnator

family head

adopt

affiliate

ascendant

author

bear

🐻

boss

breed

brother

👨‍👦

cause

child

🧒

conceive

confessor

create

dada

fader

fertilize

foregoer

forerunner

found

give birth

give rise to

granddaughter

guru

his

impregnate

initiator

inventor

king

👑

make

man

👨

my

namely

pa

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

pontiff

pop

poppa

pops

preceptor

predecessors

primogenitor

rochet

saint

source

stand

stepfather

your

Brahman

Lord

spiritual father

younger brother

your father

older sister

Pa

one’s own father

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek

fa‧ther

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: fader

Inherited from Old English: 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
From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of ayr, faeder, padre, pater, and père. The development of the /ɑː/ vowel (outside of those accents which also have it in rather, lather) is irregular and has not been conclusively explained.

Hevok

Where is your father ?

Bavê te li ku ye?

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

Bavê wî wî danasîn da ku li dora heft saliya xwe bin.

His father was a wealthy businessman in that industry .

Bavê wî karsaziyek dewlemend di wê pîşesaziyê de bû.

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

"Wext e," got Bavê wî, û ew rast bû.

Matthew had questions about his ancestry and ended up meeting his biological father .

Matthew li ser bav û kalên xwe pirsan bû û bi dawî bû ku bi bavê wî biyolojîkî re hevdîtin pêk bîne.

He was the presumptive father of philosopher Edmund Montgomery .

Ew bavê pêşnumayê yê fîlozofê Edmund Montgomery bû.

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

Fîlim taybetmendî George Segal wekî Albert, bavê neheqî yê Mikey.

Henri's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son .

Patriline Henri xeta ku ew ji Bav re tê bira ye.