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. — deniko
ruЯ бы хотел увидеть моего отца. — vilnat
deIch möchte meinen Vater sehen. — landano
When did your father come home?
Коли ваш батько повернувся додому? — fagott
deWann ist dein Vater nach Hause gekommen? — freddy1
You remind me of your father.
Ти нагадуєш мені свого батька. — uaspeaker
ruТы напоминаешь мне своего отца. — Hellerick
deDu erinnerst mich an deinen Vater. — Manfredo
Were your mother and father home?
Твої мама та тато були вдома? — deniko
deWaren eure Eltern zu Hause? — MUIRIEL
Are you proud of your father?
Ви пишаєтеся своїм батьком? — deniko
ruТы гордишься своим отцом? — elsteris
deBist du stolz auf deinen Vater? — MUIRIEL
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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By meaning 3
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