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fa·ther
(fä′thər)n.
1.
a. A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
b. A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
c. A man who adopts a child.
d. A man who raises a child.
2. A male parent of an animal.
3. A male ancestor: He has died and now sleeps with his fathers.
4.
a. A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
b. A man who serves or is thought of as a protector: beloved as the father of the nation.
5. Father Christianity
a. God.
b. The first person of the Christian Trinity.
6.
a. An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
b. One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
c. or Father A church father.
d. A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
7. Abbr. Fr.
a. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
b. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
v. fa·thered, fa·ther·ing, fa·thers
v.tr.
1.
a. To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
b. To act or serve as a father to (a child).
2. To create, found, or originate: father a political movement.
3. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of: "[Swift's] ideas about the education of the young are fathered on to the Lilliputians" (George Orwell).
v.intr.
To act or serve as a father.
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father
(ˈfɑːðə)n
1. a male parent
2. a person who founds a line or family; forefather
3. any male acting in a paternal capacity.
4. (often capital) a respectful term of address for an old man
5. a male who originates something: the father of modern psychology.
6. a leader of an association, council, etc; elder: a city father.
7. Brit the eldest or most senior member in a society, profession, etc: father of the bar.
8. (Historical Terms) (often plural) a senator or patrician in ancient Rome
9. the father of informal a very large, severe, etc, example of a specified kind: the father of a whipping.
vb (tr)
10. to procreate or generate (offspring); beget
11. to create, found, originate, etc
12. to act as a father to
13. to acknowledge oneself as father or originator of
14. (foll by: on or upon) to impose or place without a just reason
[Old English fæder; related to Old Norse fathir, Old Frisian feder, Old High German fater, Latin pater, Greek patēr, Sanskrit pitr]
ˈfathering n
Father
(ˈfɑːðə)n
1. (Theology) God, esp when considered as the first person of the Christian Trinity
2. (Theology) Also called: Church Father any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
3. (Roman Catholic Church) a title used for Christian priests
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fa•ther
(ˈfɑ ðər)n.
1. the begetter of offspring; male parent.
2. (often cap.) one's own father.
3. a father-in-law, stepfather, adoptive father, or foster father.
4. any male ancestor; forefather; progenitor.
5. a man who gives paternal care to others; protector or provider.
6. a person who has originated or established something.
7. a precursor, prototype, or early form.
8. one of the leading men in a city, town, etc.
9. a priest or a title for a priest.
10. (cap.) God, esp. the first person of the Trinity.
11. a title of respect for an elderly man.
12. any of the chief early Christian writers.
v.t. 13. to beget.
14. to be the creator, founder, or author of; originate.
15. to act as a father toward.
16. to take the responsibility for.
17. to establish the paternity or source of.
v.i. 18. to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally.
[before 900; Middle English fader, Old English fæder; c. Old Saxon fadar, Old High German fater, Old Norse fathir, Latin pater, GK patḗr, Skt pitar]
fa′ther•less, adj.
fa′ther•like`, adj.
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Father
the hatred of one’s father. — misopaterist, n.
1. a community in which the father or oldest male is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe, and descent is traced through the male line.
2. government by males, with one as supreme. — patriarchist, n. — patri-archic, patriarchical, adj.
2. government by males, with one as supreme. — patriarchist, n. — patri-archic, patriarchical, adj.
tending to move toward or centering upon the father. See also matricentric.
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father
Past participle: fathered
Gerund: fathering
| Imperative |
|---|
| father |
| father |
| Present |
|---|
| I father |
| you father |
| he/she/it fathers |
| we father |
| you father |
| they father |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I fathered |
| you fathered |
| he/she/it fathered |
| we fathered |
| you fathered |
| they fathered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am fathering |
| you are fathering |
| he/she/it is fathering |
| we are fathering |
| you are fathering |
| they are fathering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have fathered |
| you have fathered |
| he/she/it has fathered |
| we have fathered |
| you have fathered |
| they have fathered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fathering |
| you were fathering |
| he/she/it was fathering |
| we were fathering |
| you were fathering |
| they were fathering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had fathered |
| you had fathered |
| he/she/it had fathered |
| we had fathered |
| you had fathered |
| they had fathered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will father |
| you will father |
| he/she/it will father |
| we will father |
| you will father |
| they will father |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have fathered |
| you will have fathered |
| he/she/it will have fathered |
| we will have fathered |
| you will have fathered |
| they will have fathered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be fathering |
| you will be fathering |
| he/she/it will be fathering |
| we will be fathering |
| you will be fathering |
| they will be fathering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been fathering |
| you have been fathering |
| he/she/it has been fathering |
| we have been fathering |
| you have been fathering |
| they have been fathering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been fathering |
| you will have been fathering |
| he/she/it will have been fathering |
| we will have been fathering |
| you will have been fathering |
| they will have been fathering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been fathering |
| you had been fathering |
| he/she/it had been fathering |
| we had been fathering |
| you had been fathering |
| they had been fathering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would father |
| you would father |
| he/she/it would father |
| we would father |
| you would father |
| they would father |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have fathered |
| you would have fathered |
| he/she/it would have fathered |
| we would have fathered |
| you would have fathered |
| they would have fathered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. [画像:father - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)]father - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
father-in-law - the father of your spouse
old man - an informal term for your father
parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
pater - an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
2. [画像:father - the founder of a family]father - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
patriarch - any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
3. [画像:father - `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church)]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
form of address, title of respect, title - an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"
priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
4. Father - (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
Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
5. father - a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
6. Father - God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
7. [画像:father - a person who founds or establishes some institution]father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
cofounder - one of a group of founders
foundress - a woman founder
8. [画像:father - the head of an organized crime family]father - the head of an organized crime family
Verb 1. [画像:father - make children]father - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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father
noun
1. daddy (informal), dad (informal), male parent, patriarch, pop (U.S. informal), governor (informal), old man (Brit. informal), pa (informal), old boy (informal), papa (old-fashioned informal), sire, pater, biological father, foster father, begetter, paterfamilias, birth father He was a good father to my children.
2. founder, author, maker, architect, creator, inventor, originator, prime mover, initiator He was the father of modern photography.
3. (usually cap.) priest, minister, vicar, parson, pastor, cleric, churchman, padre (informal), confessor, abbé, curé, man of God The prior, Father Alessandro, came over to talk to them.
4. (usually cap.) God, Lord, Creator, Almighty God, living God, Holy One, eternal God Our Father in Heaven.
5. (usually plural) forefather, predecessor, ancestor, forebear, progenitor land of my fathers
6. (usually plural) leader (usually found in phrase `city fathers') senator, elder, patron, patriarch, guiding light, city father City fathers tried to revive the town's economy.
verb
1. sire, parent, conceive, bring to life, beget, procreate, bring into being, give life to, get He fathered at least three children.
Related words
adjective paternal
adjective paternal
Quotations
"Honour thy father and thy mother" Bible: Exodus
"'Tis happy for him, that his father was before him" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"No man is responsible for his father. That is entirely his mother's affair" [Margaret Turnbull Alabaster Lamps]
"No man can know who was his father" [Homer Odyssey]
"It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception" [Joe Orton Entertaining Mr. Sloane]
"It is a wise father that knows his own child" [William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice]
"Honour thy father and thy mother" Bible: Exodus
"'Tis happy for him, that his father was before him" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"No man is responsible for his father. That is entirely his mother's affair" [Margaret Turnbull Alabaster Lamps]
"No man can know who was his father" [Homer Odyssey]
"It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception" [Joe Orton Entertaining Mr. Sloane]
"It is a wise father that knows his own child" [William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice]
Proverbs
"Like father like son"
"Like father like son"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
father
noun2. A person from whom one is descended:
Archaic: predecessor.
3. One that creates, founds, or originates:
4. A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made:
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Translations
أَبأب، كاهِنأب، والِدأبو، مُبْتَدِئ، مُنْشِئيُنْجِب
баща
oteczploditbýt otcem
farfadergrundlæggerpater
patro
isa
پدر
isä
otac
apaatya
faðirfaîirfeîra; vera faîirprestur, preststitillstofnandi, upphafsmaîur
父おとうさんお父さんパパ
아버지
pater
tėvastėviškastėvystėuošvisbūti tėvu
būt par tēvudibinātājsradītradītājstēvs
tată
otecpátersplodiť
oče
farpappafader
พ่อ
батькоотецьтато
bốcậuchathầytía
father
[ˈfɑːðəʳ]A. N
1. (gen) → padre m
to talk to sb like a father → hablar a algn en tono paternal
to be passed on or handed down from father to son → pasar de padre a hijo
my father and mother → mis padres
a father and mother of a row → una bronca fenomenal or de padre y muy señor mío
like father like son → de tal palo, tal astilla
to talk to sb like a father → hablar a algn en tono paternal
to be passed on or handed down from father to son → pasar de padre a hijo
my father and mother → mis padres
a father and mother of a row → una bronca fenomenal or de padre y muy señor mío
like father like son → de tal palo, tal astilla
3. Father Brown (Rel) → (el) padre Brown
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
father
[ˈfɑːðər] n
(= male parent) → père m
my father → mon père
to be a good father → être un bon père
a father of three
He is a father of three → Il est le père de trois enfants., Il est père de trois enfants.
my father → mon père
to be a good father → être un bon père
a father of three
He is a father of three → Il est le père de trois enfants., Il est père de trois enfants.
(= inventor, originator) → père m
the father of modern photography → le père de la photographie moderne
the father of modern photography → le père de la photographie moderne
(= priest) → père m
vt [+ child] → être le père de Father Christmas n (British) → le père m Noël father figure father-figure n → figure f paternelle
He needs a father figure → Il a besoin d'une figure paternelle.
He's been a father figure to me
BUT Il a été un père pour moi.
He needs a father figure → Il a besoin d'une figure paternelle.
He's been a father figure to me
BUT Il a été un père pour moi.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
father
n
(lit, fig) → Vater m → (to sb jdm); from father to son → vom Vater auf den Sohn ; like father like son → der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm ; (Old) Father Time → die Zeit (als Allegorie)
(= founder) → Vater m; (= leader) → Führer m, → Vater m (liter); the Fathers of the Church → die Kirchenväter pl
vt
child, cub etc → zeugen ; (= admit paternity) → die Vaterschaft anerkennen für; (fig) idea, plan → Urheber (+gen) → sein
(= saddle with responsibility) to father something on somebody → jdm die Verantwortung für etw aufhalsen (inf) → or aufbürden
father
:Father Christmas
n (Brit) → der Weihnachtsmann
father confessor
n (Rel) → Beichtvater m
father figure
n → Vaterfigur f
fatherhood
n → Vaterschaft f
father-in-law
n pl <fathers-in-law> → Schwiegervater m
fatherland
n → Vaterland nt
fatherless
adj → vaterlos
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
father
[ˈfɑːðəʳ] n (gen) → padre mOur Father (Rel) → Padre Nostro
from father to son → di padre in figlio
like father like son → tale padre tale figlio
Old Father Time → il Tempo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
father
(ˈfaːðə) noun1. a male parent, especially human. Mr Smith is her father. vader, pa أب، والِد баща pai otec der Vater far πατέρας padre isa پدر isä père אב पिता otac, tata apa ayah faðir padre 父親 아버지 tėvas tēvs bapa vader far ojciec پلار pai tată отец otec oče otac far บิดา baba 父親 батько باپ ، والد cha; bố 父亲
2. (with capital) the title of a (usually Roman Catholic) priest. I met Father Sullivan this morning. priester أب، كاهِن отец padre otec der Pater fader; pater πατήρ (για ιερέα) padre isa کشیش isä (révérend) Père כומר पादरी की पदवी svećenik atya Romo prestur, preststitill Padre 神父 신부(神父) Tėvas Tēvs paderi pater Fader, pater ojciec ملا روحانی padre Părinte отец; батюшка páter oče otac fader, pater พระในศาสนาคริสต์ papaz, peder 神父 батюшка رومن کیتھولک پادری کا لقب cha cố 神父
3. a person who begins, invents or first makes something. King Alfred was the father of the English navy. vader أبو، مُبْتَدِئ، مُنْشِئ основоположник pai otec der Urheber grundlægger ιδρυτής, δημιουργός, πατέρας padre isa بنیان گذار alkuunpanija père אָבִי הַ- प्रणेता začetnik vminek az atyja bapak stofnandi, upphafsmaður padre 創始者 발명가, 창시자 tėvas, pradininkas radītājs; dibinātājs bapa grondlegger far ojciec بنا ايښودونكي pai părinte, întemeietor родоначальник otec oče otac fader, upphovsman ผู้ริเริ่ม kurucu, mucit 奠基人,創使人(如:...之父) родоначальник, прародитель کسی نظریہ یا شے کا اختراع کرنے وال شخص tổ tiên; ông tổ 奠基人,创始者(....之父)
verb to be the father of. King Charles II fathered a number of children. verwek, vader staan vir, verantwoordelik wees vir يُنْجِب ставам баща на ser pai/gerar zplodit, být otcem zeugen være far til είμαι, γίνομαι πατέρας engendrar isa olema سرپرستی کردن siittää engendrer לְהוֹלִיד पिता बनना biti (vladati se kao) otac nemz menjadi ayah feðra; vera faðir (e-s) fare da padre 父となる ...의 아버지가 되다 būti tėvu radīt; būt par tēvu menjadi bapa vader zijn van være far til, avle, fostre spłodzić سر پرستی کول ser pai/gerar a zămisli быть отцом splodiť zaploditi biti otac avla, vara far till เป็นพ่อ baba olmak, babalık yapmak 當...的父親 бути батьком کسی کا والد ہونا là cha của (ai); sinh ra 当...的父亲
ˈfatherhood noun the state or condition of being a father. Now that the children are older I am enjoying fatherhood. vaderskap أبُوَّه бащинство paternidade otcovství die Vaterschaft faderskab πατρότητα paternidad isadus پدری isyys paternité אבהות पितृत्व očinstvo apaság fungsi ayah faðerni; föðurhlutverk paternità 父であること 아버지로서의 자격 tėvystė tēva stāvoklis menjadi seorang bapa vaderschap farskap ojcostwo پلارولى paternidade paternitate отцовство otcovstvo očetovstvo očinstvo faderskap ความเป็นพ่อ babalık 父親的身份 батьківство ابویت cương vị làm bố 父亲的身份
ˈfatherly adjective like a father. He showed a fatherly interest in his friend's child. vaderlik أَبَوي бащински paternalmente otcovský väterlich faderlig πατρικός paternal isalik پدرانه isällinen paternel אַבהִי पिता तुल्य očinski atyai kebapakan föðurlegur paterno 父親のような 아버지다운 tėviškas tēva-; tēvišķīgs sifat kebapaan vaderlijk faderlig ojcowski پلارولى paternalmente părintesc отцовский otcovský očetovski očinski faderlig เหมือนเป็นพ่อ babacan, baba gibi 父親般的 батьківський والد کی طرح như hoặc điển hình cho một người cha 父亲般的
ˈfather-in-law noun the father of one's wife or husband. skoonpa حَمو тът/свекър sogro tchán der Schwiegervater svigerfar πεθερός suegro äi پدر زن؛ پدر شوهر appi beau-père חם श्वसुर, ससुर tast, svekar após bapak mertua tengdafaðir suocero 義理の父 시아버지 uošvis vīratēvs; sievastēvs bapa mertua schoonvader svigerfar teść خصر sogro socru тесть; свекор svokor tast svekar ili tast svärfar พ่อตา; พ่อสามี kayın peder 岳父(妻子的父親),公公(丈夫的父親) свекор; тесть سسر bố vợ; bố chồng 岳父,公公
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father
→ أَب otec far Vater πατέρας padre isä père otac padre 父 아버지 vader far ojciec pai отец far พ่อ baba bố 父亲Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
father
n. padre; papá; pop. tata.
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father
n padre mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.