padre

See also: Padre

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːd.ɹeɪ/, /ˈpɑːd.ɹi/

Etymology

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From Italian, Spanish, Portuguese padre (“priest”), from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

padre (plural padres)

1. a military clergyman
2. a Roman Catholic or Anglican priest

Anagrams

• drape, dreap, pared, raped

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

padre (plural padres)

1. father

Synonyms

• pá

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Chavacano

Noun

padre

1. priest

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• padreh

Etymology

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

Noun

pādre

1. a Christian priest

References

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. father

   Synonym: pai

2. priest (Catholic or Orthodox)

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Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian patre, from Latin patrem, accusative form of pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dre/, [ˈpäːd̪r̺e̞]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -adre
• Hyphenation: pà‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padri)

1. father

Derived terms

• vicepadre

Descendants

• → English: padre

See also

• (regional) babbo
• genitore
• madre
• papà

Further reading

• Template:R:DIO
• Template:R:CIE

Anagrams

• perda, preda

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Ladino

Noun

1. father

Coordinate terms

• madre (מאדרי)

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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)

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Portuguese

padres

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ðɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dɾe/
• Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

2. (ecclesiastical) priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
4. (archaic) father (male parent)

   Synonyms: pai, papai

Descendants

• → English: padre
• → Hindi: पादरी (pādrī)
• → Japanese: 破天連 (bateren)
• → Konkani: पाद्रि (pādri)
• → Malay: paderi
  • Indonesian: padri
• → Malayalam: പാതിരി (pātiri)
• → Sinhalese: පාදිලියා (pādiliyā)
• → Swahili: padre, padri, padiri
• → Thai: บาทหลวง (bàat-lǔuang)

See also

• pastor
• reverendo
• madre

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadɾe/ [ˈpa.ð̞ɾe]

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Noun

padre m (plural padres)

1. (family) father

   Synonyms: papá, progenitor

2. (religion) father

   Synonyms: cura, sacerdote

Hypernyms

• abuelo
• bisabuelo

Hyponyms

• hijo
• nieto

Coordinate terms

• madre f

Derived terms

• compadre
• cuando seas padre comerás huevos
• de padre y muy señor mío
• Día del Padre
• nunca digas de este agua no beberé, ni este cura no es mi padre
• padre biológico
• padre nuestro
• Santo Padre

 

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: padre
• → English: padre
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: pa̱lej

See also

• esposo
• marido
• parentesco
• poca madre

Adjective

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

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

Anagrams

• pared, preda

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• padri, padiri

Etymology

From Portuguese padre.

Noun

padre (ma class, plural mapadre)

1. Catholic priest
2. (chess) bishop