father
A male parent, especially of a humanA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
» 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
10 sensesA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
My father was a strong influence on me.
My friend Tony just became a father.
Vater, Vati, Papa
оте́цotéc, па́паpápa, ба́тяbátja
ба́тькоbátʹko, оте́цьotécʹ, та́тоtáto
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Come, father; you can sit here.
Väterchen
оте́цotéc, ба́тяbátja, папа́шаpapáša
A term of respectful address for a priest.
Vater, Pater, Pfarrer
ба́тюшкаbátjuška
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.
The child is father to the man.
a person who founds or establishes some institution
A pioneering figure in a particular field.
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
Something inanimate that begets.
A member of a church council.
The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
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
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fadInherited 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.
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Forms
plural: fathersSynonyms
44 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
4 antonymsWord family
67 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