fatherly

English

Etymology

From Middle English faderly, faderlich, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father +‎ -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːðəli/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑðɚli/

Adjective

fatherly (comparative more fatherly, superlative most fatherly)

1. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.

   fatherly advice

2. Characteristic of fathers, paternal.

Derived terms

• fatherliness
• unfatherly

Translations

characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood

• Albanian: atëror (sq)
• Armenian: հայրական (hy) (hayrakan)
• Bulgarian: бащински (bg) (baštinski)
• Finnish: isällinen (fi)
• French: paternel (fr)
• German: väterlich (de)
• Greek: πατρικός (el) m (patrikós)
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• Hebrew: אֲבָהִי
• Latin: paternus
• Lithuanian: tėviškas
• Persian: پدرانه (fa) (pedarâne)
• Swedish: faderlig (sv)
• Tajik: падарона (tg) (padarona)
• Turkish: pederane (tr)

characteristic of fathers, paternal

• Albanian: atëror (sq)
• Armenian: հայրական (hy) (hayrakan)
• Bulgarian: бащински (bg) (baštinski)
• Finnish: isällinen (fi)
• French: paternel (fr)
• German: väterlich (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: πατρικός (el) m (patrikós)
• Hebrew: אֲבָהִי
• Latin: paternus
• Lithuanian: tėvinis
• Turkish: pederane (tr)

Anagrams

• Flaherty