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.

Translations

God, the father of Creation

Dutch: Vader (nl) Hungarian: Atya (hu)

Indonesian: Bapa, Bapa Suci Luxembourgish: Papp (lb) Vilamovian: Foter

term of address for a Christian priest

Albanian: atë (sq) Belarusian: айцец m., бацюшка m. (informal) Bosnian: otac (bs) m. Chinese: 神父 (shénfù) Croatian: otac (hr) m. 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 (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 Polish: ojciec (pl) m. Portuguese: padre (pt) m. Romanian: pater (ro) m. Russian: святой отец (svjatój otěts) m., батюшка (bátjuška) m. (Russian Orthodox priest) Serbian: Cyrillic: отац m. Roman: otac m. Spanish: padre (es) m. Swahili: baba (sw) Thai: หลวงพ่อ (hlwāŋ-pò) Ukrainian: отець (otéts’) m.

See also

• Dad
• Daddy
• Mother

Anagrams

• afther
• fareth