Information about the word father (English → Esperanto: patro)

Synonyms: sire, dad, da

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/ˈfɑːðə*/
Hyphenationfa·ther
Shavian alphabet𐑓𐑭𐑞𐑼
Deseret alphabet𐑁𐐪𐑄𐐯𐑉
Pluralfathers

Usage samples

How stern and stately seemed her father, even engaged in the frivolity of dancing the pavanne!
Another pardon went to Charles Kushner, a real estate magnate who is the father of Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, a White House adviser.
When his father released him he fell to his hands and knees, gasping as if he had run for miles.
Your father has been kind to me.
He met his father’s questioning gaze.

Translations

Afrikaanspa; vader
Albanianbaba; atë
Catalanpare
Chinook Jargonpapa
Czechotec
Danishfar
Dutchvader
English (Old English)fæder
Esperantopatro
Faeroesefaðir
Finnishisä
Frenchpère
GermanVater
Greekπατέρας
Hawaiianmakuakāne
Hungarianatya
Icelandicfaðir
Italianpadre
Jamaican Patoisfaada; pupa
Latinpater
Low Germanvader
LuxemburgishPapp; Pappa
Malayayahanda; ayah; bapa; rama
Norwegianfar; pappa
Papiamentopapa; tata
Polishojciec
Portuguesepai
Russianотец
Saterland FrisianFoar
Scotsfaither
Scottish Gaelicathair
Spanishpadre
Srananpapa; pa
Swahilibaba
Swedishfar
Thaiพ่อ
Turkishbaba; ata
Welshtad
West Frisianheit
Yiddishטאַטע; פֿאָטער