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1 ♦ father
♦ father /ˈfɑ:ðə(r)/n.1 padre; papà; babbo: my father and mother, mio padre e mia madre; to become a father, diventare padre; a father of three, un padre di tre figli; adoptive father, padre adottivo; foster father, padre adottivo; I'm going to marry Linda, father, papà, sposo Linda2 (fig.) padre: Euclid was the founding father of geometry, Euclide fu il padre fondatore della geometria4 (relig., anche Father) padre, Padre: God the Father, Dio padre; Our Father, who art in heaven, Padre nostro, che sei nei cieli; Father Matthew, Padre Matthew● (fam.) the father and mother of, enorme; tremendo □ Father Christmas, Babbo Natale □ (relig.) father confessor, padre spirituale □ Father's Day, la festa del papà (3a domenica di giugno in GB e USA; 1a domenica di settembre in Australia) □ (psic.) father figure, figura paterna □ (in GB) Father of the House, il deputato ai Comuni con la maggior anzianità di servizio continuato □ Father Time, il Tempo ( personificato) □ father-to-be, futuro padre □ the Fathers of the Church, i Padri della Chiesa □ (fam. antiq. GB) a bit of how's your father, attività sessuale; sesso □ Like father, like son, tale il padre, tale il figlio □ (relig.) the Holy Father, il Santo Padre □ (relig.) Our Father, paternostro; padrenostro ( la preghiera).(to) father /ˈfɑ:ðə(r)/v. t.1 (form.) generare; procreare; essere padre di; avere: He fathered two sons, fu padre (o ebbe) due figli; Her children were fathered by two different men, ha avuto i figli da due padri diversi3 ideare; inventare; concepire; essere il padre di5 – to father on, attribuire (o addossare) la paternità (di qc.) a: The pamphlet was fathered on him, gli è stata attribuita la paternità del libello. -
2 father
['fɑːðə(r)]1) relig. (God) Padre m.the Our Father — (prayer) il Padre Nostro
2) (title for priest) padre m.* * *1. noun1) (a male parent, especially human: Mr Smith is her father.) padre2) ((with capital) the title of a (usually Roman Catholic) priest: I met Father Sullivan this morning.) Padre3) (a person who begins, invents or first makes something: King Alfred was the father of the English navy.) padre2. verb(to be the father of: King Charles II fathered a number of children.) fare da padre- fatherly
- father-in-law* * *['fɑːðə(r)]1) relig. (God) Padre m.the Our Father — (prayer) il Padre Nostro
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3 father ***** fa·ther n
['fɒːðə(r)](gen) padre mOur Father Rel — Padre Nostro
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4 father-in-law
['fɑːðərɪnˌlɔː]nome (pl. fathers-in-law) suocero m.* * *noun (the father of one's wife or husband.) suocero* * *father-in-law /ˈfɑ:ðərɪnlɔ:/loc. n. (pl. fathers-in-law)suocero.* * *['fɑːðərɪnˌlɔː]nome (pl. fathers-in-law) suocero m. -
5 Father Christmas
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6 father confessor
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7 father-figure n
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8 father-in-law n
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9 father figure
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10 step-father
nouns (the husband, who is not the person's father, of a person's own mother, or the wife, who is not the person's mother, of a person's own father.) patrigno/matrigna -
11 Holy Father
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12 founding father
1) (the first or one of the first founders of an organization, a school of thought etc: the founding father of psychoanalysis.) fondatore2) (The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were the people who drew up its constitution.) fondatore -
13 fatherhood father·hood n
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14 fatherland father·land n
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15 godfather god·father n
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16 grandfather grand·father n
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17 housefather house·father n
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18 stepfather step·father n
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19 the Holy Father
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20 Heavenly Father
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Father — Fa ther (f[aum] [th][ e]r), n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. fa[eth]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. path r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[=a] protect. [root]75, 247. Cf. {Papa},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Father — Fa ther, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fathering}.] 1. To make one s self the father of; to beget. [1913 Webster] Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take as one s own child; to adopt;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
father — ► NOUN 1) a male parent. 2) an important figure in the origin and early history of something: Pasteur, the father of microbiology . 3) literary a male ancestor. 4) (often as a title or form of address) a priest. 5) (the Father) (in Christian… … English terms dictionary
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father — [fä′thər] n. [ME fader < OE fæder, akin to ON fathir, OHG fater, Goth fadar < IE * pətḗr > L pater, Gr patēr, Sans pitár: ult. origin prob. echoic of baby talk, as in PAPA, Hindi bābū] 1. a man who has begotten a child; esp., a man as he … English World dictionary
father — [n1] male person who begets children ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy*, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source; concepts 394,400,414,419,423 Ant. mother father [n2] priest abbé,… … New thesaurus
father — index generate, originate, parents, primogenitor, propagate (increase), reproduce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
Father — Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Father (disambiguation), Dad (disambiguation), Fatherhood (disambiguation), and Fathering (journal). Father with child A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring … Wikipedia
father — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lone (esp. BrE), single ▪ As a single father, he found it a struggle bringing up three children. ▪ married, unmarried ▪ a married father of … Collocations dictionary
father — This would seem to be the natural term for a speaker to use to his or her father, but whether it is used or not depends on individual family practice, which may in turn be influenced by the social and educational level of the family concerned … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address