dad

See also dåd, Dad, and -dad

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• dadde (obsolete), dadda, Dad

Etymology

From Middle English dadd, dadde, perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Gaelic dad, tad; possibly related to Russian дядя (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

dad (plural dads)

1. (informal) A father, a male parent.

   He hadn't seen his dad in years.

2. (familiar) Used to address one's father

   Dad, happy Father's Day!

3. (slang) Used to address an older adult male

Synonyms

• (a father):
• (used to address one's father familiarly): dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, papá, papà, pappa, pater, paw
• (used to address an older adult male): daddio, pop, pops

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• babbo
• tata

Related terms

terms related to dad

dada daddio daddy

granddad grandpappy

Translations

informal a father

Afrikaans: pa (af), papa (af) Arabic: بابا (ar) (bābā) m. Basque: aitatxo (eu) Belarusian: тата (be) (táta) m. Bulgarian: татко (bg) (tátko) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 爸爸 (zh) (bàba), 爸 (zh) (bà), 爹 (zh) (diē) Czech: tatínek (cs) m. Dutch: pappa (nl) Esperanto: paĉjo (eo) Finnish: isäukko (fi), faija (fi) French: papa (fr) m. Georgian: მამა (ka) (mama) German: Vati (de) m., Papa (de) m., Papi (de) m. Greek: μπαμπάς (el) (babás) m. Hebrew: אבא (he) (aba) m. Hindi: बाप (hi) (bāp) m., अब्बा (hi) (abbā) m., बाबा (hi) (bābā) m., बापू (hi) (bāpū) m., पिताजी (hi) (pitā-jī) m. Hungarian: apa (hu), apu (hu) Italian: papà (it) m., babbo (it) m., pà (it) m. Japanese: お父さん (ja) (otōsan), パパ (ja) (papa) Khmer: ឳ (km) (’əv) Korean: 아빠 (ko) (appa), 아버지 (ko) (abeoji)

Macedonian: тато (mk) (táto) m., тате (mk) (táte) m. Malayalam: അച്ഛന്‍ (ml) (achchan), (Muslim) ബാപ്പ (ml) (baappa) Norwegian: pappa (no) Persian: پدر (fa) (pedar), بابا (fa) (bâbâ) Polish: tata (pl) m., tato (pl) m. Portuguese: papá (pt) m. Russian: папа (ru) (pápa) m., тятя (ru) (tjátja) m. obsolete, батя (ru) (bátja) m., батюшка (ru) (bátjuška) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тата (sh) m. Roman: tata (sh) m. Spanish: papá (es) m. Swedish: pappa (sv) Tamil: தாதா  (ta) (tātā), தந்தை  (ta) (tantai) Thai: พ่อ (th) (pòo), คุณพ่อ (th) (kun pòo) Tz'utujil: tata’ Ukrainian: тато (uk) (táto) m., татусь (uk) (tátus') m. Urdu: بابا (ur) (bābā), ابّا (ur) (abbā) m., باپ (ur) (bāp) m., دادا (ur) (dādā) m. Vietnamese: bố (vi), ba (vi), cha (vi), thầy (vi), tía (vi) Volapük: fatül (vo)

familiar address of one's own father

Esperanto: paĉjo (eo) Finnish: isi (fi) Hebrew: אַבָּא (he) (ába) m. Japanese: お父さん (ja) (おとうさん, otōsan)

Polish: tata (pl) m., tato (pl) m., (diminutive) tatuś m. Portuguese: papá (pt) m. Russian: папа (ru) (pápa) m., тятя (ru) (tjátja) m. obsolete, батя (ru) (bátja) m., батюшка (ru) (bátjuška) m. Spanish: papá (es) m.

informal address of an older male

Finnish: pappa (fi)

Russian: папаша (ru) (papáša) m.

See also

• mum, mom
• sire

Anagrams

• add , ADD

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Breton

Noun

dad

1. Mutated form of tad.

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Kurdish

Noun

dad f.

1. law (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at law. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dad in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Romani

Noun

dad m. (plural dada)

1. father

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Akin to Irish dada, tada.

Noun

dad m.

1. anything, aught, tittle
   • Ciod e th' ort? Chan eil dad. What is wrong with you? Nothing is wrong with me.

References

• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

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Spanish

Verb

dad (infinitive dar)

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of dar.

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Welsh

Noun

dad

1. Soft mutated form of tad