Father

//ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "father" (360 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (108)

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Noun(12 words)

da dad dada daddio daddy don father of the church fatherling forefather founder founding father granddaddy

Verb(3 words)

engender generate get

Related words (180)

initiate initiator inspirer instigator institute institutor interests introducer invent inventor irenaeus jerome john john chrysostom journeyman justin martyr kid brother lactantius firmianus lion lords of creation

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luke magnate make make love maker man of mark manufacturer mark master master craftsman minister mogul monsignor mother motor mover multiply nabob name nephew niece notability notable nuncle nunks nunky occasion old boy old man older oldest organizer origen originate originator outbreed pa panjandrum pap papa papias pappy parent parish priest parson past master pastor pater paterfamilias patriarch paul penitentiary person of renown personage personality peter pillar of society planner polycarp pop pops power power elite precursor presbyter priest prime mover primogenitor primum mobile procreate produce producer progenerate progenitor proliferate promoter propagate rabbi raise raiser realize realizer relative reproduce in kind ruling circle sachem saint second cousin senior set afloat set on foot set up shaper shepherd sire sis sissy sister sister-german sistern sky pilot smith soil somebody something son spawn spiritual director spiritual father sr start stepbrother stepfather stepsister stock supporter tertullian the great the old man the top top top brass top people trace to tycoon unc uncle uncs uterine brother very important person vip work worthy wright

Noun(22 words)

knocker-upper male parent mother and granddaddy old man pa padre pap papa papa bear papaw pappaw pappy pater patriarch paw pawpaw peepaw pepaw pop poppa

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Verb(2 words)

Phrase(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

27 entries

ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent chief conceiver create form of address foster guardian head leader make man mastermind originator

Showing 16 of 27 words.

More specific

12 entries

adoptive father ballet dad birth father father-in-law father-out-law foster father genitor grandfather stepdad stepdaddy stepfather stepfather-in-law

Antonyms

3 entries

mother son

Synonyms

9 entries

beget dad daddy don father god father of church forefather founder padre

Related terms

11 entries

Dad Daddy Jupiter Mother beget grandpa pater paterfamilias paternal sire

derived

92 entries

All-Father Father Christmas Father Time Father of Lies Father's Day God the Father Heavenly Father adoptive father allofather baby father babyfather be gathered to one's fathers biofather birth father birthfather birthing father

Showing 16 of 92 words.

distinct from

2 entries

mom mother

form of

1 entries

mother

has context

2 entries

christianity wicca

is a

4 entries

leader male animal man parent

related to

90 entries

act adopt adult ancient rome authority authority figure bar beget child children creation dad daddy daughter daughters dude

Showing 16 of 90 words.

Translations

900 translations across 435 languages.

'Are'are

1 entries

mama noun (male parent)

Abaza

1 entries

аба noun (male parent)

Abkhaz

1 entries

аб noun (male parent)

Acholi

1 entries

abaa noun (male parent)

Adyghe

1 entries

ты noun (male parent)

Afar

1 entries

abba noun (male parent)

Afrikaans

3 entries

Vader name (God, the father of Creation)
pa noun (male parent)
vader noun (male parent)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐔳𐔴 noun (male parent)

Ainu

1 entries

アチャ noun (male parent)

Aiton

1 entries

ပ︀ေ︀ႃ noun (male parent)

Akkadian

1 entries

𒀜 noun (male parent)

Akkala Sami

1 entries

эһч noun (male parent)

Aklanon

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Albanian

4 entries

Atë name (God, the father of Creation)
atë noun (male parent)
atë noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
baba noun (male parent)

Aleut

1 entries

adax̂ noun (male parent)

American Sign Language

1 entries

5@Forehead-ThumbBack Contact noun (male parent)

Amharic

1 entries

እባት noun (male parent)

Amis

2 entries

ama^ noun (male parent)
wama noun (male parent)

Ammonite

1 entries

𐤀𐤁 noun (male parent)

Amurdag

1 entries

iraba noun (male parent)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

πατήρ noun (male parent)
φύσας noun (male parent)
φύτωρ noun (male parent)

Andi

1 entries

има noun (male parent)

Angloromani

4 entries

dad noun (male parent)
daddarus noun (male parent)
daddi noun (male parent)
daddus noun (male parent)

Arabic

4 entries

اَلْآب name (God, the father of Creation)
أب noun (male parent)
أب noun (male parent)
أبو noun (male parent)

Aragonese

1 entries

pai noun (male parent)

Aramaic

4 entries

אַבָּא noun (male parent)
ܐܒܐ noun (male parent)
ܒܒܐ noun (male parent)
ܝܠܘܕܐ noun (male parent)

Armenian

3 entries

հայր noun (male parent)
պապա noun (male parent)
տե՛ր հայր noun (term of address for a priest)

Aromanian

1 entries

tatã noun (male parent)

Assamese

4 entries

আব্বা noun (male parent)
দেউতা noun (male parent)
পিতা noun (male parent)
বাপ noun (male parent)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼܢܵܐ noun (term of address for a priest)
ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ noun (male parent)
ܒܵܒܵܐ noun (male parent)
ܒܵܒܵܐ noun (term of address for a priest)

Asturian

2 entries

padre noun (male parent)
pá noun (male parent)

Atayal

1 entries

yaba noun (male parent)

Avar

1 entries

эмен noun (male parent)

Avestan

1 entries

𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 noun (male parent)

Aymara

1 entries

tata noun (male parent)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

ata noun (male parent)
dədə noun (male parent)
valid noun (male parent)

Baba Malay

1 entries

bapak noun (male parent)

Bactrian

1 entries

πιδο noun (male parent)

Balinese

2 entries

aji noun (male parent)
bapa noun (male parent)

Balkan-Romani

2 entries

dad noun (male parent)
dat noun (male parent)

Baltic Romani

2 entries

daad (Latvia) noun (male parent)
dad noun (male parent)

Baluchi

3 entries

ابا noun (male parent)
پت noun (male parent)
پس noun (male parent)

Bangi

1 entries

sango noun (male parent)

Bashkir

1 entries

атай noun (male parent)

Basque

1 entries

aita noun (male parent)

Bats

1 entries

დად noun (male parent)

Bavarian German

1 entries

vadda noun (male parent)

Beja

1 entries

baab noun (male parent)

Belarusian

4 entries

айце́ц noun (male parent)
айце́ц noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
ба́цька noun (male parent)
ба́цюшка noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Bengali

3 entries

আব্বা noun (male parent)
পিতা noun (male parent)
বাবা noun (male parent)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

बाप noun (male parent)

Bikol Central

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Bourguignon

3 entries

'pa noun (male parent)
peire noun (male parent)
poupa noun (male parent)

Brahui

1 entries

baawa noun (male parent)

Breton

2 entries

tad noun (male parent)
tadoù noun (male parent)

Buginese

1 entries

ambo noun (male parent)

Bulgarian

4 entries

баща́ noun (male parent)
оте́ц noun (term of address for a priest)
отец noun (male parent)
та́тко noun (male parent)

Bunun

1 entries

tama noun (male parent)

Burmese

3 entries

ဖခင် noun (male parent)
အဖ noun (male parent)
အဖေ noun (male parent)

Buryat

1 entries

эсэгэ noun (male parent)

Caló

1 entries

dada noun (male parent)

Carpathian Romani

1 entries

dad (Prekmurski, Romungro, Veršend) noun (male parent)

Carpathian Rusyn

3 entries

ня́нько noun (male parent)
ня́ньо noun (male parent)
оте́ць noun (male parent)

Catalan

1 entries

pare noun (male parent)

Cebuano

1 entries

amahan noun (male parent)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⴱⴱⴰ noun (male parent)

Central Dusun

1 entries

tapa noun (male parent)

Central Huishui Hmong

1 entries

txiv noun (male parent)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

باب name (God, the father of Creation)
باب noun (male parent)
باو noun (male parent)
باوک noun (male parent)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries

ʔypýˑ noun (male parent)

Chavacano

1 entries

tata noun (male parent)

Chechen

1 entries

да noun (male parent)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏓᏙᏓ noun (male parent)
ᎡᏙᏓ noun (male parent)

Chichewa

3 entries

Atate name (God, the father of Creation)
bambo noun (male parent)
tate noun (male parent)

Chinese

4 entries

天爸 name (God, the father of Creation)
聖爸 /圣爸 name (God, the father of Creation)
ада noun (male parent)
да noun (male parent)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

天父 name (God, the father of Creation)
聖父 /圣父 name (God, the father of Creation)
父親 /父亲 noun (male parent)
爸爸 noun (male parent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

天父 name (God, the father of Creation)
聖父 /圣父 name (God, the father of Creation)
父 noun (male parent)
父親 /父亲 noun (male parent)

Chinook Jargon

1 entries

papa noun (male parent)

Church Slavic

2 entries

отьць noun (male parent)
ⱁⱅⱐⱌⱐ noun (male parent)

Chuukese

1 entries

sam noun (male parent)

Chuvash

1 entries

атте noun (male parent)

Comanche

1 entries

apʉ noun (male parent)

Cornish

2 entries

sira noun (male parent)
tas noun (male parent)

Corsican

2 entries

babbu noun (male parent)
padre noun (male parent)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Czech

4 entries

fotr noun (male parent)
otec noun (male parent)
tatínek noun (male parent)
taťka noun (male parent)

Dakota

1 entries

até (da) noun (male parent)

Dalmatian

2 entries

teta noun (male parent)
tuota noun (male parent)

Danish

4 entries

fader noun (male parent)
fader noun (term of address for an elderly man)
far noun (male parent)
avle verb (to sire)

Dargwa

1 entries

дудеш noun (male parent)

Dari

3 entries

وَالِد noun (male parent)
پَدَر noun (male parent)
پِدَر noun (male parent)

Darkinjung

1 entries

biambai noun (male parent)

Deori

2 entries

bako noun (male parent)
bang noun (male parent)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ބައްޕަ noun (male parent)

Dolgan

1 entries

ага noun (male parent)

Dongxiang

1 entries

ada noun (male parent)

Dutch

4 entries

Vader name (God, the father of Creation)
eerwaarde noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
mijnheer pastoor noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
pa noun (male parent)

Dutch Low Saxon

2 entries

pabbe noun (male parent)
voa noun (male parent)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

ача noun (male parent)

Eastern Mnong

1 entries

bap noun (male parent)

Edomite

1 entries

𐤀𐤁 noun (male parent)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-t:f-A1 noun (male parent)

Elamite

1 entries

atta noun (male parent)

Elfdalian

1 entries

faðer noun (male parent)

Erzya

1 entries

тетя noun (male parent)

Eshtehardi

1 entries

دادا noun (male parent)

Esperanto

1 entries

patro noun (male parent)

Estonian

1 entries

isa noun (male parent)

Etruscan

1 entries

𐌀𐌐𐌀 noun (male parent)

Even

1 entries

аман noun (male parent)

Evenki

1 entries

амин noun (male parent)

Ewe

1 entries

fofo noun (male parent)

Extremaduran

1 entries

pairi noun (male parent)

Faroese

3 entries

babba noun (male parent)
faðir noun (male parent)
pápi noun (male parent)

Fataluku

1 entries

palu noun (male parent)

Fijian

1 entries

tama noun (male parent)

Finnish

4 entries

Isä name (God, the father of Creation)
Isä noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
isä noun (male parent)
isä noun (term of address for a priest)

French

4 entries

Père name (God, the father of Creation)
Père noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
papa noun (male parent)
père noun (male parent)

Friulian

1 entries

pari noun (male parent)

Gabadi

1 entries

aua noun (male parent)

Gagauz

2 entries

ata noun (male parent)
boba noun (male parent)

Galician

3 entries

padre noun (male parent)
padre noun (term of address for a priest)
pai noun (male parent)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ኣብ noun (male parent)

Gelao A'ou

2 entries

wa¹³ noun (male parent)
ʔa⁴³ ba⁴³ noun (male parent)

Georgian

4 entries

მამა name (God, the father of Creation)
მამა noun (male parent)
მამა noun (term of address for a priest)
მამაო noun (term of address for a priest)

German

4 entries

Vater name (God, the father of Creation)
Papa noun (male parent)
Pater noun (term of address for a priest)
Pater noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Gilaki

1 entries

پیر noun (male parent)

Godoberi

1 entries

иму noun (male parent)

Gooniyandi

1 entries

ngaboo noun (male parent)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 noun (male parent)
𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 noun (male parent)

Greek

2 entries

πάτερ noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
πατέρας noun (male parent)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ataata noun (male parent)

Gujarati

1 entries

પિતા noun (male parent)

Gunwinggu

1 entries

ngabba noun (male parent)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

papa noun (male parent)

Hakka Chinese

4 entries

天父 name (God, the father of Creation)
聖父 /圣父 name (God, the father of Creation)
父親 /父亲 noun (male parent)
神父 noun (term of address for a priest)

Hamer-Banna

1 entries

imbá noun (male parent)

Hanunoo

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Hausa

2 entries

bā̀ba noun (male parent)
ùbā noun (male parent)

Hawaiian

1 entries

makua kāne noun (male parent)

Hebrew

1 entries

אָב noun (male parent)

Higaonon

1 entries

amay noun (male parent)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

amay noun (male parent)

Hindi

4 entries

पिता noun (male parent)
पिदर noun (male parent)
बाप noun (male parent)
वालिद noun (male parent)

Hittite

2 entries

𒀜𒋫 noun (male parent)
𒀜𒋫𒀸 noun (male parent)

Hungarian

4 entries

Atya name (God, the father of Creation)
apa noun (male parent)
apó noun (term of address for an elderly man)
atya noun (term of address for a priest)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Fatter noun (male parent)

Iban

1 entries

apai noun (male parent)

Icelandic

2 entries

faðir noun (male parent)
pabbi noun (male parent)

Ido

3 entries

patro noun (male parent)
patro noun (term of address for an elderly man)
patro noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Igbo

1 entries

nna noun (male parent)

Ilocano

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Inari Sami

1 entries

eeči noun (male parent)

Indonesian

4 entries

Bapa name (God, the father of Creation)
Bapa Suci name (God, the father of Creation)
ayah noun (male parent)
ayahanda noun (male parent)

Ingrian

4 entries

iso noun (male parent)
isä noun (male parent)
taatta noun (male parent)
ätti noun (male parent)

Ingush

1 entries

да noun (male parent)

Interlingua

1 entries

patre noun (male parent)

Inuktitut

1 entries

ᐊᑖᑕ noun (male parent)

Inupiaq

2 entries

aapa noun (male parent)
taata noun (male parent)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

بابا noun (male parent)
والِد noun (male parent)
پِدَر noun (male parent)

Iranun

1 entries

ama' noun (male parent)

Irish

2 entries

athair noun (male parent)
athair noun (term of address for a priest)

Isoko

1 entries

ọsẹ noun (male parent)

Italian

4 entries

babbo noun (male parent)
padre noun (male parent)
padre noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
papà noun (male parent)

Japanese

4 entries

天父 name (God, the father of Creation)
おとうさん noun (term of address for an elderly man)
お父さん noun (male parent)
パパ noun (male parent)

Jarai

2 entries

ama noun (male parent)
ama noun (male parent)

Javanese

2 entries

bapa noun (male parent)
bapak noun (male parent)

Jeju

4 entries

아바님 noun (male parent)
아바지 noun (male parent)
아방 noun (male parent)
아벰 noun (male parent)

Jersey Dutch

1 entries

vâder noun (male parent)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries

פַאטֵירוֹ noun (male parent)

K'iche'

1 entries

qajaw noun (male parent)

Kabardian

1 entries

адэ noun (male parent)

Kaingang

1 entries

panh noun (male parent)

Kaitag

1 entries

а́тта noun (male parent)

Kalmyk

1 entries

эцк noun (male parent)

Kalo Finnish Romani

1 entries

daad noun (male parent)

Kamba

1 entries

ethe noun (male parent)

Kannada

3 entries

ಅಪ್ಪ noun (male parent)
ತಂದೆ noun (male parent)
ಪಾದ್ರಿ noun (term of address for a priest)

Kapampangan

1 entries

tatang noun (male parent)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

ата noun (male parent)

Karelian

2 entries

ižä noun (male parent)
tuatto noun (male parent)

Kashmiri

2 entries

بَب noun (male parent)
مول noun (male parent)

Kashubian

2 entries

tatk noun (male parent)
òjc noun (male parent)

Kavalan

1 entries

tama noun (male parent)

Kazakh

3 entries

ата noun (male parent)
көке noun (male parent)
әке noun (male parent)

Kemi Sami

1 entries

äätj noun (male parent)

Khasi

1 entries

kpa noun (male parent)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

pòu noun (male parent)

Khmer

4 entries

ប៉ា noun (male parent)
ពុក noun (male parent)
ឪពុក noun (male parent)
ឳ noun (male parent)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

аджь noun (male parent)

Klamath-Modoc

1 entries

ptisap noun (male parent)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

бать noun (male parent)

Korean

4 entries

아버지 name (God, the father of Creation)
천부 name (God, the father of Creation)
부친 noun (male parent)
신부 noun (term of address for a priest)

Kristang

1 entries

pai noun (male parent)

Kumyk

1 entries

ата noun (male parent)

Kven

1 entries

isä noun (male parent)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

ата noun (male parent)

Laboya

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Lak

1 entries

мямма noun (male parent)

Lao

2 entries

ພໍ່ name (God, the father of Creation)
ພໍ່ noun (male parent)

Latgalian

1 entries

tāvs noun (male parent)

Latin

4 entries

Pater name (God, the father of Creation)
atta noun (term of address for an elderly man)
genitor noun (male parent)
parēns noun (male parent)

Latvian

3 entries

papucītis noun (male parent)
tētis noun (male parent)
tēvs noun (male parent)

Laz

1 entries

მუმული noun (male parent)

Lezgi

1 entries

буба noun (male parent)

Ligurian

1 entries

pàre noun (male parent)

Limburgish

1 entries

Vader name (God, the father of Creation)

Lingala

2 entries

sango noun (male parent)
tata noun (male parent)

Lisu

3 entries

ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ noun (male parent)
ꓐꓹꓽ noun (male parent)
ꓮꓽ ꓐꓽ noun (male parent)

Lithuanian

1 entries

tėvas noun (male parent)

Livonian

2 entries

izā noun (male parent)
tōți noun (male parent)

Lombard

1 entries

papà noun (male parent)

Louisiana Creole

4 entries

pap noun (male parent)
papa noun (male parent)
papi noun (male parent)
popa noun (male parent)

Low German

2 entries

Vader noun (male parent)
vader noun (male parent)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

nan noun (male parent)

Lugbara

1 entries

ata noun (male parent)

Luhya

1 entries

papa noun (male parent)

Lule Sami

1 entries

áhttje noun (male parent)

Luo

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Lushootseed

1 entries

bad noun (male parent)

Lutuv

1 entries

paa noun (male parent)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Papp name (God, the father of Creation)
Papp noun (male parent)

Lydian

1 entries

𐤠𐤯𐤠 noun (male parent)

Lü

1 entries

ᦗᦸᧈ noun (male parent)

Macedonian

3 entries

о́тец noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
о́че noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
та́тко noun (male parent)

Maguindanao

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Makasae

1 entries

boba noun (male parent)

Malagasy

2 entries

aba noun (male parent)
ada noun (male parent)

Malay

4 entries

Bapa name (God, the father of Creation)
abah noun (male parent)
ayah noun (male parent)
ayahanda noun (male parent)

Malayalam

4 entries

അച്ഛന് noun (male parent)
അച്ഛന് noun (term of address for a priest)
അച്ഛന് noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന് noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Maltese

3 entries

Il-Missier name (God, the father of Creation)
dun noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
missier noun (male parent)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠮᠠ noun (male parent)

Mansaka

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Manx

1 entries

ayr noun (male parent)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

ɓaɓa noun (male parent)

Maranao

1 entries

ama' noun (male parent)

Marathi

2 entries

पिता name (God, the father of Creation)
पिता noun (male parent)

Mazanderani

1 entries

پیهر noun (male parent)

Mbabaram

1 entries

nganjan noun (male parent)

Middle English

3 entries

fader noun (male parent)
fader noun (term of address for an elderly man)
fader noun (term of address for a priest)

Middle Persian

1 entries

pid noun (male parent)

Minaean

1 entries

𐩱𐩨 noun (male parent)

Mingrelian

1 entries

მუმა noun (male parent)

Mirandese

1 entries

pai noun (male parent)

Miyako

1 entries

アサ noun (male parent)

Moabite

1 entries

𐤀𐤁 noun (male parent)

Moksha

1 entries

аля noun (male parent)

Mongolian

4 entries

аав noun (male parent)
эцэг noun (male parent)
ᠠᠪᠤ noun (male parent)
ᠡᠴᠢᠭᠡ noun (male parent)

Muong

1 entries

pổ noun (male parent)

Mwani

2 entries

baba noun (male parent)
wawa noun (male parent)

Mycenaean Greek

1 entries

𐀞𐀳 noun (male parent)

Mòcheno

1 entries

tata noun (male parent)

Māori

2 entries

matua taane noun (male parent)
tāne noun (male parent)

Nahuatl

1 entries

tahtli noun (male parent)

Nama

1 entries

ǁgûb noun (male parent)

Nanai

1 entries

ама noun (male parent)

Navajo

2 entries

ataaʼ noun (male parent)
azhéʼé noun (male parent)

Neapolitan

1 entries

pate noun (male parent)

Nepali

3 entries

बा noun (male parent)
बाबु noun (male parent)
बुवा noun (male parent)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

mɓaɓa Mngu (mbaba Mngu) name (God, the father of Creation)

Nheengatu

2 entries

paya noun (male parent)
paí noun (term of address for a priest)

Nivkh

4 entries

ытк noun (male parent)
ытка noun (male parent)
ытык noun (male parent)
ытыка noun (male parent)

Norman

3 entries

père noun (male parent)
pére noun (male parent)
péthe noun (male parent)

North Frisian

4 entries

Faađer noun (male parent)
aatj noun (male parent)
baabe noun (male parent)
tääte noun (male parent)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

Bab name (God, the father of Creation)
bab noun (male parent)
bav noun (male parent)

Northern Mansi

1 entries

а̄сь noun (male parent)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

ká̄nak'ap̄a noun (male parent)

Northern Sami

1 entries

áhčči noun (male parent)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abba name (God, the father of Creation)
fader name (God, the father of Creation)
fader noun (male parent)
fader noun (term of address for a priest)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

fader noun (term of address for a priest)

O'odham

1 entries

'o꞉g noun (male parent)

Occitan

1 entries

paire noun (male parent)

Odia

1 entries

ବାପା noun (male parent)

Ojibwe

2 entries

imbaabaa noun (male parent)
indede noun (male parent)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

отьць noun (male parent)

Old English

1 entries

fæder noun (male parent)

Old Irish

1 entries

athair noun (male parent)

Old Persian

1 entries

𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 noun (male parent)

Old Prussian

2 entries

tāwas noun (male parent)
tāws noun (male parent)

Old Tupi

1 entries

Uba name (God, the father of Creation)

Old Turkic

2 entries

𐰯𐰀 noun (male parent)
𐰴𐰭 noun (male parent)

Oromo

1 entries

abbaa noun (male parent)

Oscan

1 entries

𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌝𐌓 noun (male parent)

Ossetian

1 entries

фыд noun (male parent)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اب noun (male parent)
اتا noun (male parent)
بابا noun (male parent)
والد noun (male parent)

Pacoh

2 entries

a-ám noun (male parent)
counh noun (male parent)

Pali

2 entries

janako noun (male parent)
जनको noun (male parent)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

отец noun (male parent)
оцец noun (male parent)

Papiamentu

1 entries

tata noun (male parent)

Pashto

3 entries

پلار name (God, the father of Creation)
بابا noun (male parent)
پلار noun (male parent)

Pennsylvania German

2 entries

Daadi noun (male parent)
Vadder noun (male parent)

Persian

4 entries

خدای پدر name (God, the father of Creation)
بابا noun (term of address for an elderly man)
پدر noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
پِدَر noun (term of address for an elderly man)

Phoenician

1 entries

𐤀𐤁 noun (male parent)

Phrygian

1 entries

πατερης noun (male parent)

Piedmontese

1 entries

papà noun (male parent)

Pirahã

1 entries

baíxi noun (male parent)

Pite Sami

1 entries

áhttje noun (male parent)

Pitjantjatjara

2 entries

mama noun (male parent)
punari noun (male parent)

Plains Apache

1 entries

t’aah (-t’á’) noun (male parent)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Voda (nds) name (God, the father of Creation)
Voda (nds) noun (male parent)

Polabian

2 entries

Wader name (God, the father of Creation)
aită noun (male parent)

Polish

4 entries

ojciec noun (male parent)
ojciec noun (term of address for a priest)
ojciec noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
tata noun (male parent)

Portuguese

4 entries

Pai name (God, the father of Creation)
padre noun (term of address for a priest)
padre noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
pai noun (male parent)

Punjabi

4 entries

اَبُّو noun (male parent)
اَبّا noun (male parent)
باپ noun (male parent)
پادرِی noun (term of address for a priest)

Q'eqchi

1 entries

yuwaʼ noun (male parent)

Quechua

2 entries

tata noun (male parent)
tayta noun (male parent)

Rade

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Rohingya

3 entries

abba noun (male parent)
bab noun (male parent)
baf noun (male parent)

Romagnol

2 entries

ba noun (male parent)
bab noun (male parent)

Romani

2 entries

dad noun (male parent)
dad noun (term of address for an elderly man)

Romanian

4 entries

pater noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
părinte noun (term of address for a priest)
tată noun (male parent)
crea verb (to give rise to)

Romansch

2 entries

bab noun (male parent)
bap noun (male parent)

Russian

4 entries

Оте́ц name (God, the father of Creation)
ба́тька noun (male parent)
ба́тюшка noun (male parent)
ба́тюшка noun (term of address for a priest)

Rutul

1 entries

дид noun (male parent)

Rwanda-Rundi

1 entries

so noun (male parent)

Saaroa

1 entries

ama'a noun (male parent)

Sabaean

1 entries

𐩱𐩨 noun (male parent)

Saho

1 entries

abba noun (male parent)

Saisiyat

1 entries

yaba' noun (male parent)

Salar

1 entries

aba noun (male parent)

Samoan

1 entries

tamā noun (male parent)

Sanskrit

2 entries

पितर noun (male parent)
पितृ noun (male parent)

Sardinian

1 entries

babbu noun (male parent)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Foar noun (male parent)

Scots

2 entries

fader noun (male parent)
faither noun (male parent)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

athair noun (male parent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

otac noun (term of address for a Christian priest)
òtac noun (male parent)
о̀тац noun (male parent)
отац noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Shan

1 entries

ပေႃႈ noun (male parent)

Sherpa

1 entries

འ་བ noun (male parent)

Shona

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Sicilian

1 entries

patri noun (male parent)

Sidamo

1 entries

anna noun (male parent)

Silesian

1 entries

ôjciec noun (male parent)

Sindhi

2 entries

بابو noun (male parent)
پيءُ noun (male parent)

Sinhalese

2 entries

තාත්තා name (God, the father of Creation)
තාත්තා noun (male parent)

Sinte-Romani

1 entries

dad noun (male parent)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

eʹčč noun (male parent)

Slovak

4 entries

foter noun (male parent)
otec noun (male parent)
tatko noun (male parent)
tato noun (male parent)

Slovene

4 entries

ata noun (male parent)
oče noun (male parent)
očka noun (male parent)
tata noun (male parent)

Somali

2 entries

aabbe noun (male parent)
aabo noun (male parent)

Sotho

1 entries

ntate noun (male parent)

South Picene

1 entries

𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌇 noun (male parent)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ада noun (male parent)

Southern Sami

1 entries

aehtjie noun (male parent)

Spanish

4 entries

Padre name (God, the father of Creation)
padre noun (male parent)
padre noun (term of address for a priest)
padre noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries

papa noun (male parent)
tata noun (male parent)

Sudovian

1 entries

tews noun (male parent)

Sumerian

4 entries

𒀀𒀀 noun (male parent)
𒀁 noun (male parent)
𒀋 noun (male parent)
𒀜𒁕 noun (male parent)

Sundanese

2 entries

abah noun (male parent)
rama noun (male parent)

Svan

1 entries

მუ noun (male parent)

Swahili

4 entries

Baba name (God, the father of Creation)
baba noun (male parent)
baba noun (term of address for an elderly man)
baba noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Swedish

4 entries

Fader name (God, the father of Creation)
fader noun (male parent)
far noun (male parent)
pappa noun (male parent)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠀꠛ꠆ꠛꠣ noun (male parent)
ꠛꠣꠙ noun (male parent)

Tabasaran

2 entries

аба noun (male parent)
адаш noun (male parent)

Tagalog

4 entries

ama noun (male parent)
itay noun (male parent)
mang noun (term of address for an elderly man)
manong noun (term of address for an elderly man)

Tagoi

1 entries

padre noun (term of address for a priest)

Tai Dón

1 entries

ꪝꪮꫀ noun (male parent)

Tajik

3 entries

бобо noun (male parent)
волид noun (male parent)
падар noun (male parent)

Talysh

2 entries

pə noun (male parent)
دده noun (male parent)

Tamil

4 entries

அத்தன் noun (male parent)
அப்பன் noun (male parent)
அப்பா noun (male parent)
அய்யா noun (term of address for an elderly man)

Taos

1 entries

tǫ̏ména noun (male parent)

Tarantino

1 entries

attàne noun (male parent)

Tarifit

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Taroko

1 entries

tama noun (male parent)

Tat

2 entries

bəbə noun (male parent)
piyər noun (male parent)

Tatar

3 entries

ата noun (male parent)
атай noun (male parent)
әти noun (male parent)

Tausug

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Taíno

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Telugu

3 entries

అయ్యా noun (term of address for an elderly man)
తండ్రి noun (male parent)
నాన్న noun (male parent)

Ter Sami

1 entries

jiečče noun (male parent)

Ternate

1 entries

baba noun (male parent)

Tetum

1 entries

aman noun (male parent)

Thai

3 entries

บิดา noun (male parent)
พ่อ noun (male parent)
หลวงพ่อ noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Thao

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Tibetan

3 entries

པ་ཕ noun (male parent)
ཕ་ལགས noun (male parent)
ཨ་ཕ noun (male parent)

Tigre

1 entries

አብ noun (male parent)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ኣቦ noun (male parent)

Tocharian A

2 entries

pācar noun (male parent)
āp noun (male parent)

Tocharian B

2 entries

pācer noun (male parent)
āppo noun (male parent)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

papa noun (male parent)

Traveller Norwegian

1 entries

dad noun (male parent)

Tsou

1 entries

amo noun (male parent)

Tumbuka

1 entries

dada noun (male parent)

Tupinambá

1 entries

uba noun (male parent)

Turkish

2 entries

ata noun (male parent)
baba noun (male parent)

Turkmen

1 entries

kaka noun (male parent)

Tuvan

2 entries

ада noun (male parent)
ача noun (male parent)

Tày

3 entries

嗓 noun (male parent)
嗚 noun (male parent)
嗟 noun (male parent)

Udi

1 entries

баба noun (male parent)

Udmurt

3 entries

айы noun (male parent)
атай noun (male parent)
бубы noun (male parent)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎀𐎁 noun (male parent)

Ukrainian

4 entries

Оте́ць name (God, the father of Creation)
ба́тько noun (male parent)
оте́ць noun (male parent)
оте́ць noun (term of address for a Christian priest)

Ume Sami

1 entries

áhttjie noun (male parent)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

nan noun (male parent)
wótc noun (male parent)

Urdu

3 entries

باپ noun (male parent)
والِد noun (male parent)
پادْری noun (term of address for a priest)

Uyghur

4 entries

ئاتا name (God, the father of Creation)
دادا name (God, the father of Creation)
ئاتا noun (male parent)
دادا noun (male parent)

Uzbek

2 entries

ota noun (male parent)
volid noun (male parent)

Venetan

1 entries

pare noun (male parent)

Veps

1 entries

tat noun (male parent)

Vietnamese

4 entries

ba noun (male parent)
bác noun (term of address for an elderly man)
bọ noun (male parent)
bố noun (male parent)

Vilamovian

2 entries

Foter name (God, the father of Creation)
foter noun (male parent)

Vlax-Romani

1 entries

dad noun (male parent)

Volapük

1 entries

fat noun (male parent)

Votic

1 entries

isä noun (male parent)

Võro

1 entries

esä noun (male parent)

Walloon

1 entries

pere noun (male parent)

Wambaya

1 entries

irda noun (male parent)

Waneci

1 entries

پيار noun (male parent)

Welsh

3 entries

y Tad name (God, the father of Creation)
tad noun (male parent)
tad noun (term of address for a priest)

Welsh-Romani

1 entries

dad noun (male parent)

West-Frisian

2 entries

faar noun (male parent)
heit noun (male parent)

Western Apache

1 entries

tʼaah noun (male parent)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

babiin noun (male parent)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

mamem noun (male parent)

Wolof

2 entries

baay noun (male parent)
pàppa noun (male parent)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

父親 /父亲 noun (male parent)
爸爸 noun (male parent)

Wutunhua

2 entries

aba noun (male parent)
ha noun (male parent)

Xhosa

4 entries

Bawo name (God, the father of Creation)
ubawo noun (male parent)
utata noun (male parent)
uyise noun (male parent)

Yagara

2 entries

babun noun (male parent)
bing noun (male parent)

Yaghnobi

2 entries

додо noun (male parent)
падар noun (male parent)

Yakut

1 entries

аҕа noun (male parent)

Yami

1 entries

ama noun (male parent)

Yiddish

3 entries

פֿאָטער name (God, the father of Creation)
טאַטע noun (male parent)
פֿאָטער noun (male parent)

Yoruba

2 entries

baba noun (male parent)
bàbá noun (male parent)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

taat noun (male parent)

Yup'ik

2 entries

aata noun (male parent)
ata noun (male parent)

Yuracare

1 entries

tata noun (male parent)

Yámana

1 entries

imu noun (male parent)

Zande

1 entries

ba noun (male parent)

Zazaki

1 entries

pi (diq) noun (male parent)

Zealandic

2 entries

vaer noun (male parent)
vaoder noun (male parent)

Zhuang

4 entries

baq noun (male parent)
baz noun (male parent)
boh noun (male parent)
box noun (male parent)

Zulu

3 entries

ubaba class 1a/2a noun (male parent)
uyihlo class 1a/2a noun (male parent)
uyise class 1a/2a noun (male parent)

Záparo

1 entries

akamínu noun (male parent)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

a̰a noun (male parent)

Sample sentences

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His father would never sanction his engagement to a girl who did not share the same religious beliefs as their family.

Source: tatoeba (1983)

Like father, like son.

Source: tatoeba (2345)

Have you visited the town where your father was born?

Source: tatoeba (16738)

You should ask your father for his advice and follow it.

Source: tatoeba (16739)

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Abaza

Abkhaz

Acholi

Adyghe

Afar

Afrikaans

Aghwan

Ainu

Aiton

Akkadian

Akkala Sami

Aklanon

Albanian

Aleut

American Sign Language

Amharic

Amis

Ammonite

Amurdag

Ancient Greek

Andi

Angloromani

Arabic

Aragonese

Aramaic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Atayal

Avar

Avestan

Aymara

Azerbaijani

Baba Malay

Bactrian

Balinese

Balkan-Romani

Baltic Romani

Baluchi

Bangi

Bashkir

Basque

Bats

Bavarian German

Beja

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bikol Central

Bourguignon

Brahui

Breton

Buginese

Bulgarian

Bunun

Burmese

Buryat

Caló

Carpathian Romani