padre

See also: Padre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian padre, Spanish padre, or Portuguese padre (“priest”), which are from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, pater, and père.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑdɹeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

padre (plural padres or padri)

1. A military clergyman.
2. (Christianity) A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
   • 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas‎^[1], Waco, TX: Texian Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 62:

     The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.

Anagrams

• pared, repad, raped, reap'd, dreap, Preda, Pedra, drape, Praed

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pater, patrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/ [ˈpa.ð̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -adɾe
• Syllabification: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. father

   Synonym: pá

Chavacano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/, [ˈpa.d̪ɾe]
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre

1. priest

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• padreh

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish padre (“father, priest”), from Latin pater.

Noun

pādre

1. (Christianity) priest

References

• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese padre, from Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/ [ˈpa.ð̞ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -adɾe
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. father

   Synonym: pai

2. priest (Catholic or Orthodox)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “padre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “padre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “padre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “padre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “padre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Old Italian patre, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dre/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adre
• Hyphenation: pà‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padri, pejorative (usually jocular) padraccio)

1. (family) father

   Synonyms: papà, (regional) babbo

2. (Christianity) father

   Synonyms: prete, curato, parroco, sacerdote

Derived terms

• vicepadre
• Santopadre

Descendants

• → English: padre

See also

• (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio ^{(Category: it:Family)}
• genitore
• madre

Further reading

• padre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• padre in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

• perda, preda

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish padre (“father”), from Latin patrem, pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

padre m (Hebrew spelling פאדרי, feminine madre)

1. (family) father
   • 2000, La Lettre Sépharade‎^[2], numbers 1–19, La Lettre Sépharade, page 9:

     Mi padre tambyen favlava el ladino ma konoseva de mas el turko, el franses i el grego, ke favlava sin el mizmo aksento ke teniyamos, los otros, i pareseva grego halis.

     My father also spoke Judezmo but he knew more Turkish, French and Greek; he spoke without the same accent that we ourselves had, and he seemed like [an] authentic Greek.

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[3], page 47:

     Mi padre sigió el konsejo del kadí i en un punto saltó sovre el kavayo, le dio una kon el zingí, i el kavayo se empesó a bolar.

     My father followed the Qadi’s advice and at one point he left by horse; [somebody] gave him one with the stirrup, and the horse started to flee.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.d̪ɾe/

Noun

padre m (plural padres, feminine madre, feminine plural madres)

1. father
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had lain him in the furnace.

Descendants

• Galician: padre
• Portuguese: padre (see there for further descendants)

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin patrem, singular accusative of pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/

Noun

padre m (plural padres, feminine singular madre, feminine plural madres)

1. father
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11v:

     Vinierõ los ermanos de ioſeph Que murio ſo padre. q̃çab mẽbrara ſo padre q̃l fẏziemos. e tornarnos a todel mal q̃l fẏziemos.

     [When] Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, [they said], “Perhaps he will remember his father [and] what we did to him, and he will repay us all the wrong we did to him.”

Descendants

• Ladino: padre, פאדרי
• Spanish: padre
  • → Chinese: 巴禮 / 巴礼
  • → Classical Nahuatl: padre
  • → English: padre
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: pa̱lej
  • → Tagalog: pari

Portuguese

padres

Alternative forms

• Pe. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of pai.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾɨ/ [ˈpa.ðɾɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -adɾi, (Portugal) -adɾɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

2. ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
3. father (term of address for a priest)
5. (archaic) father (male parent)

   Synonyms: pai, papai

Descendants

• → Bengali: পাদ্রি (padri)
• → English: padre
• → Gujarati: પાદરી (pādrī)
• → Hindi: पादरी (pādrī)
• → Japanese: 破天連 (bateren)
• → Konkani: पाद्रि (pādri)
• → Malay: paderi
  • Indonesian: padri
• → Malayalam: പാതിരി (pātiri)
• → Persian: پادری (pādrī) — Indo-Persian
• → Sinhalese: පාදිලියා (pādiliyā)
• → Swahili: padre, padri, padiri
• ⇒ Tamil: பாதிரியார் (pātiriyār)
• → Thai: บาทหลวง (bàat-lǔuang)

See also

• pastor
• reverendo
• madre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish padre (“father”), from Latin patrem, pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/ [ˈpa.ð̞ɾe]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -adɾe
• Syllabification: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres, feminine madre, feminine plural madres)

1. (family) father

   Synonyms: papá, progenitor

   Hyponyms: abuelo, bisabuelo

   Meronyms: hijo, nieto

2. (Christianity) father

   Synonyms: cura, párroco, sacerdote

Derived terms

• compadre
• cuando seas padre comerás huevos
• de padre y muy señor mío
• Día del Padre
• Dios Padre
• indirecta del padre Cobos
• la vida padre
• más feo que pegar a un padre
• mi padre es Dios
• mi padre las guardará
• niño sin padres
• nuestros primeros padres
• nunca digas de este agua no beberé, ni este cura no es mi padre
• padre adoptivo
• padre biológico
• padre de almas
• padre de familia
• padre de la patria
• padre de mancebía
• padre de pila
• padre de pobres
• padre de provincia
• padre de su patria
• padre del yermo
• padre nuestro
• padre santo
• Santo Padre
• tener el padre alcalde

Descendants

• → Chinese: 巴禮 / 巴礼
• → Classical Nahuatl: padre
• → English: padre
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: pa̱lej
• → Tagalog: pari

Adjective

padre m or f (masculine and feminine plural padres, superlative padrísimo)

1. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy

   Synonyms: chido, guay, chévere

See also

• esposo
• marido
• parentesco
• poca madre

Further reading

• “padre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “padre”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “padre”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019

Anagrams

• pared, preda

Swahili

Alternative forms

• padri, padiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese padre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

padre class V (plural mapadre class VI)

1. clergyman, priest (especially a Christian one)

   Synonym: (only a Christian priest) kasisi

2. (chess) bishop

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/ [ˈpaː.d̪ɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -adɾe
• Syllabification: pa‧dre

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish padre, from Latin pater. Doublet of pari.

Noun

padre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. father

   Synonyms: ama, tatay

2. (religion) a term of respectful address for a priest

Related terms

• kompadre
• padrastro
• Padre
• padrino
• padron
• patron

Etymology 2

Noun

padre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. Clipping of kompadre.

Further reading

• “padre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• pader