father

Meaning

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.

Concepts

father

dad

daddy

papa

uncle

male parent

progenitor

sire

mother

priest

parent

founder

begetter

FB

beget

forefather

father’s brother

sir

parents

creator

engender

generate

grandfather

my father

elder

master

teacher

Dad

pastor

don

ancestor

minister

Father

patron

husband

son

mister

guardian

originator

chaplain

pater

paw

bishop

procreator

bring forth

get

beginner

founding father

reverend

father’s sister

lord

owner

procreate

in-law

mother-in-law

male ancestor

mother’s sister’s husband

father-in-law

produce

bear

give birth

Brahman

guru

king

preceptor

namely

initiator

inventor

cleargyman

author

pontiff

rochet

the episcopacy

the episcopate

brother

paternal relation

impregnator

source

confessor

adopt

affiliate

fr.

pop

one’s own father

found

paternal aunt

saint

your

your father

my uncle

stepfather

paternal uncle

Padre

breed

fertilize

impregnate

stand

child

granddaughter

boss

family head

spiritual father

his

older sister

younger brother

Lord

fader

ascendant

eldfather

eldmother

foregoer

forerunner

predecessors

primogenitor

Pa

dada

daddy-o

pa

poppa

pops

create

give rise to

make

cause

conceive

my

man

Hyphenated as

fa‧ther

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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

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

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