father

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

vader

papa

pater

ouder

pap

vadertje

vaartje

ouders

pappa

ouwe

ouwe heer

ouweheer

pa

pappie

voorouder

maken

verwekken

voortbrengen

eerwaarde

mijnheer pastoor

verzorgers

voorzijn

verwekker

voorzaat

grondlegger

stichter

opa

piepa

vake

creëren

fabriceren

genereren

produceren

scheppen

vervaardigen

teweegbrengen

veroorzaken

Met koppelteken als

fa‧ther

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Zinnen

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

Zijn vader stelde hem voor om rond de leeftijd van zeven te boksen.

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

Matthew had vragen over zijn afkomst en ontmoette uiteindelijk zijn biologische vader.

Quibell was originally trained under Flinders Petrie , the father of modern Egyptology .

Quibell werd oorspronkelijk getraind onder Flinders Petrie, de vader van de moderne Egyptologie.