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

Your father has been kind to me.
When his father released him he fell to his hands and knees, gasping as if he had run for miles.
He met his father’s questioning gaze.
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.

Translations

Afrikaanspa; vader
Albanianatë; baba
Catalanpare
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
Malayayah; bapa; ayahanda; rama
Norwegianfar; pappa
Papiamentopapa; tata
Polishojciec
Portuguesepai
Russianотец
Saterland FrisianFoar
Scotsfaither
Scottish Gaelicathair
Spanishpadre
Srananpapa; pa
Swahilibaba
Swedishfar
Thaiพ่อ
Turkishata; baba
Ukrainianбатько
Welshtad
West Frisianheit
Yiddishפֿאָטער; טאַטע