Father

See also father

English

Proper noun

Father (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) God, the father of Creation
2. A title given to priests.

   Father Thomas was a good priest.

3. One's father

   I will only do what Father asks.

4. (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Master and Sage and representing a man; younger than an elderly Sage and older than a boyish Master
   • 2002, A. J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89

     ...and our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38

     In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.

Translations

God, the father of Creation

• Afrikaans: Vader (af)
• Albanian: Atë (sq) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天父 (cmn) (tiānfù), 聖父 (cmn), 圣父 (cmn) (shèngfù)

• Dutch: Vader (nl) m
• French: Père (fr) m
• German: Vater (de) m
• Hungarian: Atya (hu)

• Indonesian: Bapa, Bapa Suci
• Korean: 아버지 (ko)
• Limburgish: Vader (li)
• Luxembourgish: Papp (lb) m
• Persian: خدای پدر (fa) (xodâ-ye pedar)
• Portuguese: Pai (pt) m
• Russian: Отец (ru) (Otéc) m
• Spanish: Padre (es) m
• Vilamovian: Foter

term of address for a Christian priest

• Albanian: atë (sq)
• Belarusian: айцец (be) (ajcjéc) m, бацюшка (be) (bácjuška) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神父 (cmn) (shénfù)

• Dutch: pater, eerwaarde m, mijnheer pastoor m
• German: Vater (de) m, Pater (de) m
• Greek: πάτερ (el) (páter) m
• Hungarian: atya (hu), (always in 1st person singular possessive) atyám (hu)
• Italian: padre (it) m
• Japanese: 神父 (ja) (しんぷ, shinpu)
• Macedonian: отец (mk) (ótec) m, (vocative) оче (mk) (óče) m
• Malayalam: പിതാവ് (ml) (pithavu), അച്ഛന്‍ (ml) (achchan), പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന്‍ (ml) (palliyilachchan)
• Maltese: dun (mt)

• Novial: patro
• Persian: پدر (fa) (pedar)
• Polish: ojciec (pl) m
• Portuguese: padre (pt) m
• Romanian: pater (ro) m
• Russian: (святой) отец (ru) ((svjatój) otéc) m, батюшка (ru) (bátjuška) m (Russian Orthodox priest)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: отац (sh) m

  Roman: otac (sh) m

• Spanish: padre (es) m
• Swahili: baba (sw)
• Thai: หลวงพ่อ (hlwāŋ-pò)
• Ukrainian: отець (uk) (otécʹ) m

Antonyms

(Wicca): Mother

See also

• Dad
• Daddy
• Mother

Anagrams

• afther
• fareth