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, Breton and Gaelic dad, tad; possibly related to Russian дядя (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæd/

• Audio (US)

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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
• Azeri: dədə (az)
• Basque: aitatxo (eu)
• Belarusian: тата (be) (táta) m , папа (be) (pápa) m 
• Bulgarian: татко (bg) (tátko) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爸爸 (cmn) (bàba), 爸 (cmn) (bà), 爹 (cmn) (diē)

• Czech: tatínek (cs) m
• Dutch: pappa (nl)
• Esperanto: paĉjo (eo)
• Estonian: issi (et), taat (et)
• Finnish: isäukko (fi), faija (fi)
• French: papa (fr) m
• Georgian: მამა (ka) (mama) 
• German: Papa (de) m, Papi (de) m, Vati (de) m
• Greek: μπαμπάς (el) (bampás) 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)
• Latgalian: tēte, tēteite
• Latvian: tētis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: tėtis (lt) m
• Macedonian: тато (mk) (táto) m, тате (mk) (táte) m

• Malayalam: അച്ഛന്‍ (ml) (achchan), (Muslim) ബാപ്പ (ml) (baappa)
• Marathi: बाबा (mr) (bābā) m, पप्पा (mr) (pappā) m
• Mazanderani: بابا (baba)
• Norwegian: pappa (no)
• Persian: پدر (fa) (pedar), بابا (fa) (bâbâ)
• Polish: tata (pl) m, tato (pl) m, tatuś (pl) m
• Portuguese: papá (pt) m
• Romanian: tată (ro) m
• Russian: папа (ru) (pápa) m , тятя (ru) (tjátja) m  obsolete, батя (ru) (bátja) m , батюшка (ru) (bátjuška) m , папочка (ru) (pápočka) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тата (sh) m

  Roman: tata (sh) m

• Slovak: tatko (sk) m, tatík (sk) m, otecko (sk) m
• Slovene: oče (sl) m, očka (sl) m, (dialectal) tata (sl) m, (dialectal) ata (sl) m
• Spanish: papá (es) m
• Swedish: pappa (sv)
• Tamil: தாதா (ta) (tātā), தந்தை (ta) (tantai)
• Thai: พ่อ (th) (pòo), คุณพ่อ (th) (kun pòo)
• Turkish: baba (tr)
• Turkmen: däde (tk)
• Tz'utujil: tata’
• Ukrainian: тато (uk) (táto) m , татусь (uk) (tátus') m , папа (uk) (pápa) 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)
• Yiddish: טאַטע (yi) (tate) m

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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Lojban

Rafsi

dad

1. rafsi of dandu.

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēti-, *dʰéh₁tis. Cognate with Old English dǣd, Old Frisian dēd, Old Dutch dāt (Dutch daad), Old High German tāt (German Tat), Old Norse dáð (Swedish and Danish dåd), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (dēþs). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Greek θέσις, Latin conditio.

Noun

dād n

1. deed

Declension

Declension of dād

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dād	dādi
accusative	dād	dādi
genitive	dādi	dādiō
dative	dādi	dādium

Descendants

• Low German: Daat

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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.

Related terms

• dad ort

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