fatherhood

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English

Etymology

From Middle English/father +‎ -hood This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈfɑ.ðɝhʊd/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɑ.ðɜhʊd/

Noun

fatherhood (uncountable)

1. the state of being a father

Translations

being a father

• Albanian: atësi (sq)
• Bulgarian: бащинство (bg) (báštinstvo) n
• Czech: otcovství (cs) n
• Dutch: vaderschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: patreco (eo)
• Finnish: isyys (fi)
• French: paternité (fr) f
• German: Vaterschaft (de) f

• Hungarian: apaság (hu)
• Italian: paternità (it) f
• Latin: paternitās (la) f
• Russian: отцовство (ru) (otcóvstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: očinstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: paternidad (es) f
• Turkish: babalık (tr)

See also

• motherhood
• parenthood