father en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɑ.ðəɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˈfeɪ.ðəɹ/ (obsolete)
- [ˈfɒ.ðɚ] (Canada, Canadian, Standard)
- /ˈfa.ðɐ/ Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete
- /ˈfɑː.ðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɔ.ðəɹ/ (Central, New-England)
- fäthər Ireland, Western Pennsylvania, older New York City
- (California) audio
- audio Andhra Pradesh
- fäthə (Australia, New-Zealand)
- fäthər (Central, New-England)
- (London) audio
- /ˈfɑ.ðəɹ/ (Canada)
- făthər (Scotland)
- /ˈfɐː.ðə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- fäthə (Received-Pronunciation) r
- /ˈfɒːðɚ/ Ireland, Western Pennsylvania, older New York City
- făthə Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete; r
- /ˈfɑː.d̪ə(r)/ (India)
- [ˈfɑ.ðɚ] (Atlantic-Canada, Canada)
- fäthə (India) r
- fäthər (General-American)
- /ˈfa.ðəɹ/ (Scotland)
- fāthə (obsolete) r
- fäthər (Canada)
- /ˈfa.ðə(ɹ)/ Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Germanic *fadēr Proto-West Germanic *fader Old English fæder Middle English fader English father Inherited 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.
Meanings
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A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
Shepard: The bartender over there? Liara: The matriarch hired by the asari government to track my movements? Shepard: She's your father. Liara: I know.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Apollo Cafe, Presidium Commons, Citadel:Father, dear father Will you be proud of me? I wish I could be Just like you.
2010 April 7, “My First Borrowing”, in Cécile Corbel (lyrics), Cécile Corbel and Simon Caby (music), 借りぐらし Kari-gurashi [The Borrowers] (CD), performed by Cécile Corbel, Yamaha Music Communications:“There was just this opportunity with a father-son dynamic to really nurture,” she said. “If the boys are starting to learn that they’re not supposed to be girls and they’re not supposed to be too much like their mothers, or too close to their mothers, then the father really can step in.”
2025 June 15, Madeline Holcombe, “How to be a dad to sons today, according to experts”, in CNN:Speaking to reporters at Melbourne airport, their fathers thanked supporters and praised efforts from the Australian government, according to Nine News.
2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:The Pꝛouerbes of Solomon: A wiſe ſonne maketh a glad father: but a fooliſh sonne is the heauineſſe of his mother.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 10:1:My personal success or failure is insignificant; the rise or fall of the nation is my responsibility and must not be shirked. Upon introspection, I feel I am firmer than ever in confidence that the Communists will be defeated. These are feelings which will comfort Father's soul in Heaven.
1980 August 1 [1980 May 1], Ching-kuo Chiang, “President Chiang Ching-kuo continues his period of mourning and finds that visits to countryside and people give him renewed strength”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 17 May 2020:My father was a strong influence on me.
My friend Tony just became a father.
Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine, mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine. He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father.
1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
Therefoꝛe it is of faith, that it might bee by grace; to the ende the pꝛomiſe might be ſure to all the ſeede, not to that onely which is of the Law, but to that alſo which is of the faith of Abꝛaham, who is the father of vs all,
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 4:16:So Dauid ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 2:10:
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A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Come, father; you can sit here.
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A term of respectful address for a priest.
Bless you, good father friar!
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
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A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and loꝛd of all his houſe, and a ruler thꝛoughout all the land of Egypt.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 45:8:The child is father to the man.
I was a father to the pooꝛe: and the cauſe which I knewe not, I ſearched out.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 29:16:My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.
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A pioneering figure in a particular field.
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
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Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
"If UK GDP slows by 1 per cent, there is the mother and father of all recessions. It was exciting, but very bizarre, working in such an environment."
2002, Financial Management:“The Father of All Battles” On March 23, 1991, a band of armed insurgents attacked the town of Bomaru […]
2012, Zubairu Wai, Epistemologies of African Conflicts: Violence, Evolutionism, and the War in Sierra Leone, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 93:Soon after the announcement of this year's election results, Mereka said that "the father of all battles had just begun." His dispute with Muite goes back to March last year […]
1991, The Nairobi Law Monthly:
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Something inanimate that begets.
But may the Sun and gentle weather, / When you are both growne ripe together, / Load you with fruit, such as your Father / From you with all the joyes doth gather: / And may you when one branch is dead / Graft ſuch another in it's ſtead,[…]
1649, Richard Lovelace, Amyntor's Grove, His Chloris, Arigo, and Gratiana. An Elogie., Thomas Harper, page 88:
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A member of a church council.
Remember that the fathers of Vatican II had rejected the first draft of the constitution on revelation entirely.
2014, Ronald D. Witherup, The Word of God at Vatican II: Exploring Dei Verbum, →ISBN, page 31:On the part of the fathers of the synod, over 50 bishops, from every continent, spoke on different ‘group forms’ of the lay apostolate, whereas about 38 fathers made their own interventions in writing to the General Secretary.
2009, Peter Chidi Okuma, Empowerment of the Catholic Laity in the Nigerian Political Situation […], →ISBN, page 177:In proceeding in this fashion, the fathers assembled at Pisa were following the generally accepted canonistic teaching of the day […]
2003, Francis Oakley, The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church, 1300–1870, →ISBN, pages 37–8:
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The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files.
2004, Ray Bradley, The Ultimate Computing Glossary for Advanced Level, page 31:The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather.
2007, O. Ray Whittington, Patrick R. Delaney, Wiley CPA Exam Review 2008: Auditing and Attestation, page 556:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fathers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
daughter · son (with regards to ancestry) · child · mother (with regards to gender)
Deriveds
father in law · shrift father · foster father · how's your father · fathercraft · adoptive father · unfather · birth father · forefather · you kiss your father with that mouth · fatherland · grandfather · shriftfather · father-fucker · single father · elderfather · Father of Lies · like father like son · merfather · one's father was born before one · stepfather · be gathered to one's fathers · father-figure · founding father · eldfather · biofather · fatherline · fatherlike · father of the House · fatherly · father of chapel · father tongue · father lasher · fatherkins · Father Amir · Father Time · step-father · baby father · father figure · fatherless · fatherliness · father of the nation · fatherfucker · lorefather · bonus father · father-bother merger · All-Father · fatherkin · surrogate father · penny-father · Father's Day · allofather · fatherling · Father Emir · fathership · fatherese · wolf father · nursing father · nonfather · father to son · Heavenly Father · fatherhood · Father Christmas · Cowley Father · father confessor · fatherness · father-daughter day · gold star father · father-in-law · gestational father · housefather · conscript father · city father · father longlegs · co-father · father superior · babyfather · godfather · father-out-law · birthfather · forthfather · it is a wise child that knows his own father · like father, like son · God the Father · birthing father · father-to-be · father-slayer · highfather · ghostly father · father hunger · fatherdom · motherfather · great-grandfather · fatherer
Hypernyms
guardian · relative · man · foster · parent (a male parent)
Hyponyms
grandfather · stepdad · birth father · stepfather-in-law · stepdaddy · adoptive father · ballet dad · genitor · foster father · father-out-law · father-in-law · stepfather
Relateds
Father · paternal · paterfamilias · Jupiter
Synonyms
pops · sire · old man · mother and granddaddy (most significant thing) · patriarch · poppy · pappy · father · fatherling · Father · dad · daddio · daddy · governor · poppa · da · peepaw · pappaw · pater · papaw · paw · pop · ba · dada · pap · papa · papa bear · pepaw · baba · pa · ayr · pawpaw · Pappy
Translations (800)
enm fader (term of address for a priest) · udi баба (male parent) · ny tate (male parent) · gmw-jdt vâder (male parent) · xag 𐔳𐔴 (male parent) · gug túva (male parent) · tsu amo (male parent) · zh фучин (male parent) · av эмен (male parent) · liv tōți (male parent) · xsr འ་བ (male parent) · be ба́цька (male parent) · ne बा (male parent) · pa ਪਿਓ (male parent) · ota پدر (male parent) · nv ataaʼ (male parent) · rmg dad (male parent) · sco fader (male parent) · iso ọsẹ (male parent) · bcl ama (male parent) · ha ùbā (male parent) · la parēns (male parent) · smj áhttje (male parent) · zh 老子 (male parent) · wmb irda (male parent) · mdf аля (male parent) · bg та́тко (male parent) · rue ня́нько (male parent) · lis ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ (male parent) · sd پيءُ (male parent) · tet aman (male parent) · gug ru (male parent) · yue 爸爸 (male parent) · tl tatay (male parent) · lou pær (male parent) · arc אַבָּא (male parent) · de Väterchen (term of address for an elderly man) · fa پِدَر (term of address for an elderly man) · de Vatter (male parent) · lzz მუმული (male parent) · aou wa¹³ (male parent) · aii ܝܵܠܘܿܕܵܐ (male parent) · nl papa (male parent) · lv tēvs (male parent) · dsb nan (male parent) · osc 𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌓 (male parent) · ee fofo (male parent) · udm бубы (male parent) · izh isä (male parent) · pa ਪੇ (male parent) · dlm tuota (male parent) · tt ата (male parent) · kgp panh (male parent) · pa ਬਾਪ (male parent) · crh baba (male parent) · frr Faađer (male parent) · ar أَبو (male parent) · km ប៉ា (male parent) · esh دادا (male parent) · prg tāws (male parent) · rme daddi (male parent) · la atta (term of address for an elderly man) · tk kaka (male parent) · bn আব্বা (male parent) · fa پَدَر (male parent) · quc qajaw (male parent) · ja おとうさん (term of address for an elderly man) · lou pèr (male parent) · fr papa (male parent) · gdo иму (male parent) · kha kpa (male parent) · mg ada (male parent) · lou pè (male parent) · srn papa (male parent) · sm tamā (male parent) · km ឳ (male parent) · zh де (male parent) · wo baay (male parent) · mr पिता (male parent) · ilo ama (male parent) · fo pápi (male parent) · gmy 𐀞𐀳 (male parent) · ga athair (male parent) · sia эһч (male parent) · nl vader (male parent) · tzm ⴱⴱⴰ (male parent) · amg iraba (male parent) · zh 娘父 (male parent) · akl ama (male parent) · vi chú (term of address for an elderly man) · cs táta (male parent) · ro părinte (term of address for a priest) · kk әке (male parent) · la genitor (male parent) · ml പിതാവ് (male parent) · kbd адэ (male parent) · sq baba (male parent) · pa پادرِی (term of address for a priest) · wuu 爸爸 (male parent) · mba amay (male parent) · de Pfarrer (term of address for a priest) · grc φύσας (male parent) · zne ba (male parent) · tr baba (male parent) · sjt jiečče (male parent) · vi bọ (male parent) · ckv tama (male parent) · kn ಪಾದ್ರಿ (term of address for a priest) · tkl tamana (male parent) · tum dada (male parent) · dak até (da) (male parent) · fa بابا (term of address for an elderly man) · ps بابا (male parent) · hrx Fatter (male parent) · tpw uba (male parent) · tay yaba (male parent) · io patro (term of address for an elderly man) · rm bab (male parent) · vi cậu (male parent) · lis ꓮꓽ ꓐꓽ (male parent) · wrh babiin (male parent) · hu atya (term of address for a priest) · ce да (male parent) · jje 아방 (male parent) · dtp tapa (male parent) · uga 𐎀𐎁 (male parent) · ru ба́тя (term of address for an elderly man) · scn patri (male parent) · tt әти (male parent) · rap matu'a tane (male parent) · vi cha (term of address for a priest) · ar بابا (male parent) · twh ꪝꪮꫀ (male parent) · te నాన్న (male parent) · my ဖခင် (male parent) · lmy ama (male parent) · ta அத்தன் (male parent) · ay tata (male parent) · zh деде (male parent) · sa पितर (male parent) · mn ᠠᠪᠤ (male parent) · sl očka (male parent) · ru папа́ша (term of address for an elderly man) · krl tuatto (male parent) · zh 阿爸 (male parent) · cy tad (male parent) · ar بابا (male parent) · udm атай (male parent) · bg оте́ц (term of address for a priest) · it babbo (male parent) · ttt bəbə (male parent) · gl pai (male parent) · spx 𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌇 (male parent) · fi isä (male parent) · mbf bapak (male parent) · rsk оцец (male parent) · rme daddarus (male parent) · ast padre (male parent) · mcm pai (male parent) · vi tía (male parent) · amf imbá (male parent) · ik taata (male parent) · wo pàppa (male parent) · ps پلار (male parent) · kum ата (male parent) · oj imbaabaa (male parent) · zza pi (diq) (male parent) · smn eeči (male parent) · grc φύτωρ (male parent) · ar بي (male parent) · fa پِدَر (male parent) · pl tata (male parent) · wao ʔáya (male parent) · ks بَب (male parent) · prg tāwas (male parent) · yua taat (male parent) · tab аба (male parent) · myp baíxi (male parent) · ka მამაო (term of address for a priest) · ha bā̀ba (male parent) · id ayahanda (male parent) · sva მუ (male parent) · hnn ama (male parent) · ur باپ (male parent) · shn ပေႃႈ (male parent) · cs taťka (male parent) · mn аав (male parent) · xto pācar (male parent) · der bang (male parent) · chn papa (male parent) · sxr ama'a (male parent) · kw sira (male parent) · tnq baba (male parent) · te తండ్రి (male parent) · he אָב (male parent) · ovd faðer (male parent) · ota اب (male parent) · sv pappa (male parent) · tl tay (male parent) · tl ama (male parent) · ru ба́тя (male parent) · sk otec (male parent) · vro esä (male parent) · it papà (male parent) · dv ބައްޕަ (male parent) · xsv tews (male parent) · nb fader (term of address for a priest) · be айце́ц (male parent) · ur پادْری (term of address for a priest) · koi бать (male parent) · txb pācer (male parent) · gd athair (male parent) · rme dad (male parent) · co padre (male parent) · ko 애비 (male parent) · tab адаш (male parent) · lou papa (male parent) · ko 아빠 (male parent) · szl ôjciec (male parent) · zh ада (male parent) · ttt piyər (male parent) · pjt punari (male parent) · dlg ага (male parent) · ln sango (male parent) · nrf père (male parent) · ale adax̂ (male parent) · xda biambai (male parent) · vot isä (male parent) · hy հայր (male parent) · ug دادا (male parent) · tl padre (term of address for a priest) · liv izā (male parent) · as আব্বা (male parent) · chr ᎠᏓᏙᏓ (male parent) · zh 老爸 (male parent) · ssf ama (male parent) · fur pari (male parent) · mn эцэг (male parent) · mwl pai (male parent) · za box (male parent) · hi वालिद (male parent) · rmw dad (male parent) · aio ပ︀ေ︀ႃ (male parent) · bh बाप (male parent) · ig nna (male parent) · aii ܒܵܒܵܐ (male parent) · sl ata (male parent) · xal эцк (male parent) · kk ата (male parent) · elx 𒀜𒁕 (male parent) · ota بابا (male parent) · hy պապա (male parent) · cs otec (male parent) · rm bap (male parent) · fj tama (male parent) · yag imu (male parent) · sw baba (male parent) · tyv ача (male parent) · iba apai (male parent) · lb Papp (male parent) · rgn bab (male parent) · pa پِیو (male parent) · ssy abba (male parent) · kn ಅಪ್ಪ (male parent) · egy i-t:f-A1 (male parent) · so aabbe (male parent) · xsy yaba' (male parent) · dlm teta (male parent) · aii ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼܢܵܐ (term of address for a priest) · ar بَابَا (male parent) · sc babbu (male parent) · mrw ama' (male parent) · ru ба́тюшка (male parent) · nah tahtli (male parent) · rom dad (term of address for an elderly man) · za baz (male parent) · fa وَالِد (male parent) · sk foter (male parent) · rup tatã (male parent) · bg тати (male parent) · da far (male parent) · gez ኣብ (male parent) · ms bapa (male parent) · gu પિતા (male parent) · lis ꓐꓹꓽ (male parent) · peo 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (male parent) · vo fat (male parent) · hak 阿爸 (male parent) · lou pap (male parent) · arc ܐܒܐ (male parent) · or ବାପା (male parent) · is faðir (male parent) · rmq dada (male parent) · ms abah (male parent) · tft baba (male parent) · rml daad (Latvia) (male parent) · br tadoù (male parent) · bn পিতা (male parent) · hu apa (male parent) · tl tatang (male parent) · hi पिदर (male parent) · rmn dad (male parent) · pap tata (male parent) · rut дид (male parent) · mfe papa (male parent) · as পিতা (male parent) · tyz 嗓 (male parent) · hu apó (term of address for an elderly man) · gup ngabba (male parent) · ddg palu (male parent) · ja 父親 (male parent) · tyz 嗟 (male parent) · oj indede (male parent) · is pabbi (male parent) · hi पिता (male parent) · th บิดา (male parent) · vi cha (male parent) · tly دده (male parent) · lmw ʔáppi (male parent) · su rama (male parent) · ar أب (male parent) · tsg ama (male parent) · syl ꠛꠣꠙ (male parent) · rw so (male parent) · wyi mamem (male parent) · ast pá (male parent) · tg бобо (male parent) · se áhčči (male parent) · mns-nor а̄сь (male parent) · dar дудеш (male parent) · mh aļap (term of address for an elderly man) · ko 신부 (term of address for a priest) · bg баща́ (male parent) · io patro (male parent) · gl padre (term of address for a priest) · sw mzee (male parent) · hmc txiv (male parent) · xdm 𐤀𐤁 (male parent) · km ពុក (male parent) · bg отец (male parent) · mzn پیهر (male parent) · sju áhttjie (male parent) · af pa (male parent) · tl mang (term of address for an elderly man) · mk та́тко (male parent) · ar وَالِد (male parent) · uk оте́ць (male parent) · tr ata (male parent) · vi bác (term of address for an elderly man) · id bapa (male parent) · ar أب (male parent) · zu ubaba class 1a/2a (male parent) · ro tată (male parent) · sah аҕа (male parent) · hit 𒀜𒋫 (male parent) · ru папа́ша (male parent) · zh 父親 /父亲 (male parent) · lt tėvas (male parent) · rsk отец (male parent) · rmy dad (male parent) · arc ܦܦܐ (term of address for a priest) · mh bata (term of address for a priest) · mhn tata (male parent) · sux 𒀁 (male parent) · roa-brg peire (male parent) · sux 𒀋 (male parent) · hsb wótc (male parent) · fa بابا (male parent) · ml പള്ളീലച്ചൻ (term of address for a priest) · kek yuwaʼ (male parent) · yxg bing (male parent) · udm айы (male parent) · mng bap (male parent) · ko 아버님 (male parent) · rme daddus (male parent) · izh iso (male parent) · bo ཕ་ལགས (male parent) · ln tata (male parent) · gug itúva (male parent) · got 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (male parent) · id bapak (male parent) · bbl დად (male parent) · arc ܒܒܐ (male parent) · nl vadertje (term of address for an elderly man) · qu tayta (male parent) · ood 'o꞉g (male parent) · tl papa (male parent) · uk та́то (male parent) · niv ытка (male parent) · ta அப்பன் (male parent) · sq atë (male parent) · chk sam (male parent) · zu uyihlo class 1a/2a (male parent) · lv tētis (male parent) · rhg abba (male parent) · bug ambo (male parent) · kk көке (male parent) · niv ытык (male parent) · de Vater (term of address for a priest) · vi ba (male parent) · ami wama (male parent) · rue ня́ньо (male parent) · sk tatko (male parent) · la pater (male parent) · mt missier (male parent) · apw tʼaah (male parent) · wmw wawa (male parent) · da fader (male parent) · ang fæder (male parent) · it padre (male parent) · ban aji (male parent) · nds Vader (male parent) · sl tata (male parent) · zu uyise class 1a/2a (male parent) · mi tāne (male parent) · pdc Vadder (male parent) · kmr bav (male parent) · ja 父 (male parent) · fr père (male parent) · km ឪពុក (male parent) · nmn a̰a (male parent) · ltg tāvs (male parent) · kn ತಂದೆ (male parent) · slr aba (male parent) · tig አብ (male parent) · otk 𐰯𐰀 (male parent) · trv tama (male parent) · wne پيار (male parent) · csm ʔypýˑ- (male parent) · lmo papà (male parent) · nn fader (term of address for a priest) · naq ǁgûb (male parent) · ckb باو (male parent) · sn baba (male parent) · sk tato (male parent) · zh 爸爸 (male parent) · nb far (male parent) · sje áhttje (male parent) · lbe мямма (male parent) · abq аба (male parent) · pox aită (male parent) · ja お父さん (male parent) · pa اَبُّو (male parent) · hit 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (male parent) · stq Foar (male parent) · myv тетя (male parent) · ur والِد (male parent) · bnn tama (male parent) · pl ojciec (male parent) · ceb amahan (male parent) · ta தந்தை (male parent) · non faðir (male parent) · ru тя́тя (male parent) · ml അച്ഛന് (male parent) · ady ты (male parent) · tag padre (term of address for a priest) · sl oče (male parent) · az ata (male parent) · de Pater (term of address for a priest) · ks مول (male parent) · tly pə (male parent) · csb tatk (male parent) · id bun (term of address for an elderly man) · sq tatë (male parent) · co babbu (male parent) · ba атай (male parent) · syl ꠀꠛ꠆ꠛꠣ (male parent) · chr ᎡᏙᏓ (male parent) · eo patro (male parent) · id ayah (male parent) · orv отьць (male parent) · eve аман (male parent) · de Vater (male parent) · pms papà (male parent) · rhg bab (male parent) · om abbaa (male parent) · zh 神父 (term of address for a priest) · ar أَب (male parent) · ti ኣቦ (male parent) · pam tatang (male parent) · niv ытыка (male parent) · ne बुवा (male parent) · enm fader (male parent) · luo baba (male parent) · xh ubawo (male parent) · tao ama (male parent) · bua эсэгэ (male parent) · itk פַאטֵירוֹ (male parent) · ms ayah (male parent) · luy papa (male parent) · pa پے (male parent) · kix pòu (male parent) · aou ʔa⁴³ ba⁴³ (male parent) · wmw baba (male parent) · uz ota (male parent) · twf tǫ̏ména (male parent) · za boh (male parent) · vi thầy (male parent) · ett 𐌀𐌐𐌀 (male parent) · fy heit (male parent)