Father
A title given to priestsA title given to priests.
» I wish to see my father.
Ich möchte meinen Vater sehen.
Я бы хотел увидеть моего отца.
Я хотел бы увидеть отца.
Я хотел бы увидеться с отцом.
Я хотів би побачитися з батьком.
Я хотіла би побачитися з батьком.
Meaning
4 sensesA title given to priests.
Father Thomas was a good priest.
Vater, Pater
свято́й оте́цsvjatój otéc, ба́тюшкаbátjuška
оте́цьotécʹ
One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers
A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
(historical)A senator of Ancient Rome.
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- ‘Father’ is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); ‘Padre’ is frequently used in the military
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
Examples
7644 sentencesI wish to see my father.
Я хотів би побачитися з батьком.
ruЯ бы хотел увидеть моего отца.
deIch möchte meinen Vater sehen.
When did your father come home?
Коли ваш батько повернувся додому?
deWann ist dein Vater nach Hause gekommen?
You remind me of your father.
Ти нагадуєш мені свого батька.
ruТы напоминаешь мне своего отца.
deDu erinnerst mich an deinen Vater.
Were your mother and father home?
Твої мама та тато були вдома?
deWaren eure Eltern zu Hause?
Are you proud of your father?
Ви пишаєтеся своїм батьком?
ruТы гордишься своим отцом?
deBist du stolz auf deinen Vater?
Translations
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Forms
plural: FathersSynonyms
14 synonyms- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father):male parentbegetter
- ‘Father’ is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); ‘Padre’ is frequently used in the military:Padre
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity:God the FatherFather-GodFatherhood
- the head of an organized crime family:don
- the founder of a family:forefathersire
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom:Church FatherFather of the Church
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Family and people — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- my father is
- like his father
- with his father
- father is a
- like my father
- a good father
- my father has
- his father was
- as his father
- my father doesn't
- is your father
- my father will