fatherless
vaterlos
Without a fatherWithout a (living) father.
US/fˈɑðɚləs/
» They were two fatherless boys.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Without a (living) father.
vaterlos
having no living father
(figuratively, not comparable)Without a known author or inventor.
Examples
1 sentencesThey were two fatherless boys.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
without a living father:
Origin
From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fFrom Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.
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Word family
4 related wordsDerivedfatherlessness