father

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• /ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: fäthə r
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/
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• London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• făthə Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete; r
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• /ˈfæ.ðə(ɹ)/ Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete
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• /ˈfæ.ðɐ/ Northumbria, Geordie, else obsolete
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• Scotland: făthər
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• Scotland: /ˈfa.ðəɹ/
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• General-American: fäthər
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• General-American: /ˈfɑ.ðɚ/
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• Canada: fäthər
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• Canada: /ˈfɑ.ðɚ/
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• Atlantic-Canada, Canada: [ˈfɑ.ðɚ]
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• Canadian, Standard, Canada: [ˈfɒ.ðɚ]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: fäthə
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfɐː.ðə/
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• fäthər Ireland, Western Pennsylvania, older New York City
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• /ˈfɒːðɚ/ Ireland, Western Pennsylvania, older New York City
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• Central, New-England: fäthər
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• Central, New-England: /ˈfɔ.ðɚ/
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• India: fäthə r
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• India: /ˈfɑː.d̪ə(r)/
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• Andhra Pradesh Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• obsolete: fāthə r
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• obsolete: /ˈfeɪ.ðəɹ/
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• homophone: farther (most non-rhotic accents)
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• rhymes with -ɑːðə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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See father.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph2tḗr Proto-Germanic *fadēr Proto-West Germanic *fader Old English fæder Middle English fader English father Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph2tḗr, possibly from *peh2- + *-tḗr. Doublet of ayr, faeder, athair, padre, pater, and père.

911 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Vader — God, the father of Creation
• Albanian: Atë — God, the father of Creation
• Arabic: اَلْآب (al-ʔāb) — God, the father of Creation
• Betawi: Baba — God, the father of Creation
• Chichewa: Atate — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese Cantonese: 天父 (tin1 fu6) — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese Cantonese: 聖父 /圣父 — God, the father of Creation
• Hakka Chinese: 天父 (Thiên-Fu) — God, the father of Creation
• Hakka Chinese: 聖父 /圣父 (Sṳn-Fu) — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese: 天爸 (Thin-Pē) — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese: 聖爸 /圣爸 (Sèng-Pē) — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese Mandarin: 天父 (Tiānfù) — God, the father of Creation
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖父 /圣父 (Shèngfù) — God, the father of Creation
• Ngazidja Comorian: mɓaɓa Mngu (mbaba Mngu) — God, the father of Creation
• Dutch: Vader — God, the father of Creation
• Finnish: Isä — God, the father of Creation
• French: Père — God, the father of Creation
• Georgian: მამა (mama) — God, the father of Creation
• German: Vater — God, the father of Creation
• Hungarian: Atya — God, the father of Creation
• Indonesian: Bapa — God, the father of Creation
• Indonesian: Bapa Suci — God, the father of Creation
• Japanese: 天父 (tenpu) — God, the father of Creation
• Korean: 아버지 (abeoji) — God, the father of Creation
• Korean: 천부 (cheonbu) — God, the father of Creation
• Central Kurdish: باب (bab) — God, the father of Creation
• Northern Kurdish: Bab — God, the father of Creation
• Lao: ພໍ່ (phǭ) — God, the father of Creation
• Latin: Pater — God, the father of Creation
• Limburgish: Vader — God, the father of Creation
• Luxembourgish: Papp — God, the father of Creation
• Malay: Bapa — God, the father of Creation
• Maltese: Il-Missier — God, the father of Creation
• Marathi: पिता (pitā) — God, the father of Creation
• Norwegian Bokmål: abba — God, the father of Creation
• Norwegian Bokmål: fader — God, the father of Creation
• Old Tupi: Uba — God, the father of Creation
• Pashto: پلار (plār) — God, the father of Creation
• Persian: خدای پدر (xodâ-ye pedar) — God, the father of Creation
• Plautdietsch: Voda (nds) — God, the father of Creation
• Polabian: Wader — God, the father of Creation
• Polish: Ojciec — God, the father of Creation
• Portuguese: Pai — God, the father of Creation
• Russian: Оте́ц (Otéc) — God, the father of Creation
• Sinhalese: තාත්තා (tāttā) — God, the father of Creation
• Spanish: Padre — God, the father of Creation
• Swahili: Baba — God, the father of Creation
• Swedish: Fader — God, the father of Creation
• Ukrainian: Оте́ць (Otécʹ) — God, the father of Creation
• Uyghur: دادا (dada) — God, the father of Creation
• Uyghur: ئاتا (ata) — God, the father of Creation
• Vilamovian: Foter — God, the father of Creation
• Welsh: y Tad — God, the father of Creation
• Xhosa: Bawo — God, the father of Creation
• Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter) — God, the father of Creation
• Abaza: аба (aba) — male parent
• Abkhaz: аб — male parent
• Acholi: abaa — male parent
• Afar: abba — male parent
• Afrikaans: vader — male parent
• Afrikaans: pa — male parent
• Aghwan: 𐔳𐔴 (de) — male parent
• Ainu: アチャ (aca) — male parent
• Aiton: ပ︀ေ︀ႃ (poa) — male parent
• Akkadian: 𒀜 (abu) — male parent
• Aklanon: ama — male parent
• Albanian: baba — male parent
• Albanian: atë — male parent
• Albanian: tatë — male parent
• Aleut: adax̂ — male parent
• Southern Altai: ада (ada) — male parent
• American Sign Language: 5@Forehead-ThumbBack Contact — male parent
• Amharic: እባት (ʾəbat) — male parent
• Amis: ama^ — male parent
• Amis: wama — male parent
• Ammonite: 𐤀𐤁 (ʾb) — male parent
• Amurdag: iraba — male parent
• Andi: има (ima) — male parent
• Angloromani: dad — male parent
• Angloromani: daddarus — male parent
• Angloromani: daddi — male parent
• Angloromani: daddus — male parent
• Plains Apache: t’aah (-t’á’) — male parent
• Western Apache: tʼaah — male parent
• Arabic: أَب (ʔab) — male parent
• Arabic: وَالِد (wālid) — male parent
• Arabic: بَابَا (bābā) — male parent
• Arabic: أَبو (abu) — male parent
• Arabic: أَبو (abu) — male parent
• Arabic: بابا (bāba) — male parent
• Arabic: وَالِد (wālid) — male parent
• Arabic: أب (ʔabb) — male parent
• Arabic: بي (Lebanon) — male parent
• Arabic: بابا (bāba) — male parent
• Arabic: أبو (ʔabu) — male parent
• Arabic: أب (ʔabb) — male parent
• Arabic: بابا (bāba) — male parent
• Aragonese: pai — male parent
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܒܵܐ (baba) — male parent
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ (āwa) — male parent
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܠܘܿܕܵܐ (yalodā) — male parent
• Aramaic: ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇā) — male parent
• Aramaic: ܝܠܘܕܐ (yālōḏā) — male parent
• Aramaic: ܒܒܐ (bābā) — male parent
• Aramaic: אַבָּא (ʾabbā) — male parent
• 'Are'are: mama — male parent
• Armenian: հայր (hayr) — male parent
• Armenian: պապա (papa) — male parent
• Aromanian: tatã — male parent
• Assamese: দেউতা (deuta) — male parent
• Assamese: পিতা (pita) — male parent
• Assamese: বাপ (bap) — male parent
• Assamese: আব্বা (abba) — male parent
• Asturian: padre — male parent
• Asturian: pá — male parent
• Atayal: yaba — male parent
• Avar: эмен (emen) — male parent
• Avestan: 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pitar) — male parent
• Aymara: tata — male parent
• Azerbaijani: ata — male parent
• Azerbaijani: dədə — male parent
• Azerbaijani: valid — male parent
• Baba Malay: bapak — male parent
• Bactrian: πιδο (pido) — male parent
• Balinese: bapa — male parent
• Balinese: aji — male parent
• Baluchi: پت (pit) — male parent
• Baluchi: پس (pis) — male parent
• Baluchi: ابا (abbá) — male parent
• Bangi: sango — male parent
• Bashkir: атай (atay) — male parent
• Basque: aita — male parent
• Bats: დად (dad) — male parent
• Beja: baab — male parent
• Belarusian: ба́цька (bácʹka) — male parent
• Belarusian: айце́ц (ajcjéc) — male parent
• Belarusian: та́та (táta) — male parent
• Bengali: আব্বা (abba) — male parent
• Bengali: পিতা (pita) — male parent
• Bengali: বাবা (baba) — male parent
• Bhojpuri: बाप (bāp) — male parent
• Central Bikol: ama — male parent
• Bourguignon: peire — male parent
• Bourguignon: poupa — male parent
• Bourguignon: 'pa — male parent
• Brahui: baawa — male parent
• Breton: tad — male parent
• Breton: tadoù — male parent
• Buginese: ambo — male parent
• Bulgarian: баща́ (baštá) — male parent
• Bulgarian: та́тко (tátko) — male parent
• Bulgarian: тати (tati) — male parent
• Bulgarian: отец (otec) — male parent
• Bunun: tama — male parent
• Burmese: အဖေ (a.hpe) — male parent
• Burmese: အဖ (a.hpa.) — male parent
• Burmese: ဖခင် (hpa.hkang) — male parent
• Buryat: эсэгэ (esege) — male parent
• Caló: dada — male parent
• Carpathian Rusyn: ня́ньо (njánʹo) — male parent
• Carpathian Rusyn: ня́нько (njánʹko) — male parent
• Carpathian Rusyn: оте́ць (otécʹ) — male parent
• Catalan: pare — male parent
• Cebuano: amahan — male parent
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴱⴱⴰ (bba) — male parent
• Chavacano: tata — male parent
• Chechen: да (da) — male parent
• Cherokee: ᎡᏙᏓ (edoda) — male parent
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏙᏓ (adadoda) — male parent
• Chichewa: bambo — male parent
• Chichewa: tate — male parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 父親 /父亲 (fu6 can1) — male parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 爸爸 — male parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 老竇 /老窦 (lou5 dau6) — male parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 老豆 (lou5 dau6) — male parent
• Chinese: фучин (fuqin) — male parent
• Chinese: дада (dada) — male parent
• Chinese: да (da) — male parent
• Chinese: де (diə) — male parent
• Chinese: деде (diədiə) — male parent
• Chinese: лозы (lozɨ) — male parent
• Chinese: ада (ada) — male parent
• Hakka Chinese: 父親 /父亲 (fu-chhîn) — male parent
• Hakka Chinese: 阿爸 (â-pâ) — male parent
• Chinese: 爹親 /爹亲 (tia-chhin) — male parent
• Chinese: 娘爸 (niû-pē) — male parent
• Chinese: 娘父 (niû-pē) — male parent
• Chinese: 父親 /父亲 (hū-chhin) — male parent
• Chinese: 阿爸 (a-pah / a-pa / a-pâ) — male parent
• Chinese: 老爸 (lāu-pē) — male parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 父親 /父亲 (fùqīn) — male parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 父 (fù) — male parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 爸爸 (bàba) — male parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 爹 (diē) — male parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 老子 (lǎozi) — male parent
• Wu Chinese: 父親 /父亲 — male parent
• Wu Chinese: 爸爸 — male parent
• Chinook Jargon: papa — male parent
• Chuukese: sam — male parent
• Chuvash: атте (atte) — male parent
• East Circassian: адэ (adɛ) — male parent
• West Circassian: ты (tə) — male parent
• Comanche: apʉ — male parent
• Maore Comorian: ɓaɓa — male parent
• Cornish: tas — male parent
• Cornish: sira — male parent
• Corsican: babbu — male parent
• Corsican: padre — male parent
• Crimean Tatar: baba — male parent
• Czech: otec — male parent
• Czech: táta — male parent
• Czech: tatínek — male parent
• Czech: taťka — male parent
• Czech: fotr — male parent
• Dakota: até (da) — male parent
• Dalmatian: tuota — male parent
• Dalmatian: teta — male parent
• Danish: far — male parent
• Danish: fader — male parent
• Dargwa: дудеш (dudeš) — male parent
• Darkinjung: biambai — male parent
• Deori: bang — male parent
• Deori: bako — male parent
• Dhivehi: ބައްޕަ (bappa) — male parent
• Dolgan: ага — male parent
• Dongxiang: ada — male parent
• Central Dusun: tapa — male parent
• Dutch: vader — male parent
• Dutch: papa — male parent
• Dutch: pap — male parent
• Dutch: pa — male parent
• Jersey Dutch: vâder — male parent
• Edomite: 𐤀𐤁 (ʾb) — male parent
• Egyptian: i-t:f-A1 (jt) — male parent
• Elamite: 𒀜𒁕 (at-ta) — male parent
• Elfdalian: faðer — male parent
• Erzya: тетя (teťa) — male parent
• Eshtehardi: دادا (dādā) — male parent
• Esperanto: patro — male parent
• Estonian: isa — male parent
• Etruscan: 𐌀𐌐𐌀 (apa) — male parent
• Even: аман (aman) — male parent
• Evenki: амин (amin) — male parent
• Ewe: fofo — male parent
• Extremaduran: pairi — male parent
• Faroese: faðir — male parent
• Faroese: pápi — male parent
• Faroese: babba — male parent
• Fataluku: palu — male parent
• Fijian: tama — male parent
• Finnish: isä — male parent
• French: père — male parent
• French: papa — male parent
• North Frisian: aatj — male parent
• North Frisian: baabe — male parent
• North Frisian: tääte — male parent
• North Frisian: Faađer — male parent
• Saterland Frisian: Foar — male parent
• West-Frisian: heit — male parent
• West-Frisian: faar — male parent
• Friulian: pari — male parent
• Gabadi: aua — male parent
• Gagauz: boba — male parent
• Gagauz: ata — male parent
• Galician: pai — male parent
• Galician: padre — male parent
• Ge'ez: ኣብ (ʾab) — male parent
• Gelao A'ou: wa13 — male parent
• Gelao A'ou: ʔa43 ba43 — male parent
• Georgian: მამა (mama) — male parent
• German: Vater — male parent
• German: Vati — male parent
• German: Papa — male parent
• German: Vatter — male parent
• Bavarian German: vadda — male parent
• Gilaki: پیر (pe:r) — male parent
• Godoberi: иму (ímu) — male parent
• Gooniyandi: ngaboo — male parent
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) — male parent
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar) — male parent
• Greek: πατέρας (patéras) — male parent
• Ancient Greek: πατήρ (patḗr) — male parent
• Ancient Greek: φύσας (phúsas) — male parent
• Ancient Greek: φύτωρ (phútōr) — male parent
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te) — male parent
• Greenlandic: ataata — male parent
• Paraguayan Guarani: úva — male parent
• Paraguayan Guarani: túva — male parent
• Paraguayan Guarani: ru — male parent
• Paraguayan Guarani: itúva — male parent
• Gujarati: પિતા (pitā) — male parent
• Gunwinggu: ngabba — male parent
• Haitian Creole: papa — male parent
• Hamer-Banna: imbá — male parent
• Hanunoo: ama — male parent
• Hausa: ùbā — male parent
• Hausa: bā̀ba — male parent
• Hawaiian: makua kāne — male parent
• Hebrew: אָב (av) — male parent
• Higaonon: amay — male parent
• Hiligaynon: amay — male parent
• Hindi: पिता (pitā) — male parent
• Hindi: वालिद (vālid) — male parent
• Hindi: बाप (bāp) — male parent
• Hindi: पिदर (pidar) — male parent
• Hittite: 𒀜𒋫 (atta) — male parent
• Hittite: 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas) — male parent
• Central Huishui Hmong: txiv — male parent
• Hungarian: apa — male parent
• Hunsrik: Fatter — male parent
• Iban: apai — male parent
• Icelandic: faðir — male parent
• Icelandic: pabbi — male parent
• Ido: patro — male parent
• Igbo: nna — male parent
• Ilocano: ama — male parent
• Indonesian: bapa — male parent
• Indonesian: bapak — male parent
• Indonesian: ayah — male parent
• Indonesian: ayahanda — male parent
• Ingrian: isä — male parent
• Ingrian: ätti — male parent
• Ingrian: taatta — male parent
• Ingrian: iso — male parent
• Ingush: да (da) — male parent
• Interlingua: patre — male parent
• Inuktitut: ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata) — male parent
• Inupiaq: aapa — male parent
• Inupiaq: taata — male parent
• Iranun: ama' — male parent
• Irish: athair — male parent
• Old Irish: athair — male parent
• Isoko: ọsẹ — male parent
• Italian: padre — male parent
• Italian: papà — male parent
• Italian: babbo — male parent
• Japanese: お父さん (otōsan) — male parent
• Japanese: 父 (chichi) — male parent
• Japanese: パパ (papa) — male parent
• Japanese: 父親 (chichioya) — male parent
• Jarai: ama — male parent
• Javanese: bapa — male parent
• Javanese: bapak — male parent
• Jeju: 아방 (abang) — male parent
• Jeju: 아바지 (abaji) — male parent
• Jeju: 아바님 (abanim) — male parent
• Jeju: 아벰 (abem) — male parent
• Judeo-Italian: פַאטֵירוֹ — male parent
• Kaingang: panh — male parent
• Kaitag: а́тта (átta) — male parent
• Kalmyk: эцк (etsk) — male parent
• Kamba: ethe — male parent
• Kannada: ತಂದೆ (tande) — male parent
• Kannada: ಅಪ್ಪ (appa) — male parent
• Kapampangan: tatang — male parent
• Karachay-Balkar: ата (ata) — male parent
• Karelian: ižä — male parent
• Karelian: tuatto — male parent
• Kashmiri: مول (mōl) — male parent
• Kashmiri: بَب (bab) — male parent
• Kashubian: òjc — male parent
• Kashubian: tatk — male parent
• Kavalan: tama — male parent
• Kazakh: ата (ata) — male parent
• Kazakh: әке (äke) — male parent
• Kazakh: көке (köke) — male parent
• Khasi: kpa — male parent
• Khmer: ឪពុក (ʼəwpuk) — male parent
• Khmer: ពុក (puk) — male parent
• Khmer: ឳ (ʼəw) — male parent
• Khmer: ប៉ា (paa) — male parent
• K'iche': qajaw — male parent
• Klamath-Modoc: ptisap — male parent
• Komi-Permyak: бать (bať) — male parent
• Korean: 아버지 (abeoji) — male parent
• Korean: 아빠 (appa) — male parent
• Korean: 아버님 (abeonim) — male parent
• Korean: 애비 (aebi) — male parent
• Korean: 부친 (buchin) — male parent
• Kristang: pai — male parent
• Kumyk: ата (ata) — male parent
• Central Kurdish: باوک (bawk) — male parent
• Central Kurdish: باو (baw) — male parent
• Central Kurdish: باب (bab) — male parent
• Northern Kurdish: bab — male parent
• Northern Kurdish: bav — male parent
• Kven: isä — male parent
• Kyrgyz: ата (ata) — male parent
• Laboya: ama — male parent
• Lak: мямма (maʕmma) — male parent
• Lao: ພໍ່ (phǭ) — male parent
• Latgalian: tāvs — male parent
• Latin: pater — male parent
• Latin: genitor — male parent
• Latin: parēns — male parent
• Latvian: tēvs — male parent
• Latvian: tētis — male parent
• Latvian: papucītis — male parent
• Laz: მუმული (mumuli) — male parent
• Lezgi: буба (buba) — male parent
• Ligurian: pàre — male parent
• Lingala: tata — male parent
• Lingala: sango — male parent
• Lisu: ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ (bɑ̌ bɑ̀) — male parent
• Lisu: ꓮꓽ ꓐꓽ (ɑ̀ bɑ̀) — male parent
• Lisu: ꓐꓹꓽ (bɑ̌ɑ̀) — male parent
• Lithuanian: tėvas — male parent
• Livonian: izā — male parent
• Livonian: tōți — male parent
• Lombard: papà — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: pè — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: pèr — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: pær — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: pap — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: papa — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: papi — male parent
• Louisiana Creole: popa — male parent
• Low German: Vader — male parent
• Low German: vader — male parent
• Lü: ᦗᦸᧈ (poa1) — male parent
• Lugbara: ata — male parent
• Luhya: papa — male parent
• Luo: baba — male parent
• Lushootseed: bad — male parent
• Lutuv: paa — male parent
• Luxembourgish: Papp — male parent
• Lydian: 𐤠𐤯𐤠 (ata) — male parent
• Macedonian: та́тко (tátko) — male parent
• Maguindanao: ama — male parent
• Makasae: boba — male parent
• Malagasy: aba — male parent
• Malagasy: ada — male parent
• Malay: bapa — male parent
• Malay: ayah — male parent
• Malay: bapak — male parent
• Malay: ayahanda — male parent
• Malay: rama — male parent
• Malay: abah — male parent
• Malayalam: അച്ഛന് (acchaṉ) — male parent
• Malayalam: പിതാവ് (pitāvŭ) — male parent
• Maltese: missier — male parent
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠ (ama) — male parent
• Mansaka: ama — male parent
• Northern Mansi: а̄сь (āsʹ) — male parent
• Manx: ayr — male parent
• Māori: matua taane — male parent
• Māori: tāne — male parent
• Maranao: ama' — male parent
• Marathi: पिता (pitā) — male parent
• Eastern Mari: ача (ača) — male parent
• Marshallese: jem- — male parent
• Mazanderani: پیهر (pier) — male parent
• Mbabaram: nganjan — male parent
• Middle English: fader — male parent
• Minaean: 𐩱𐩨 (ʾb) — male parent
• Mingrelian: მუმა (muma) — male parent
• Mirandese: pai — male parent
• Central Sierra Miwok: ʔypýˑ- — male parent
• Miyako: アサ (asa) — male parent
• Eastern Mnong: bap — male parent
• Moabite: 𐤀𐤁 — male parent
• Mòcheno: tata — male parent
• Moksha: аля (alä) — male parent
• Mongolian: аав (aav) — male parent
• Mongolian: эцэг (eceg) — male parent
• Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠤ (abu) — male parent
• Mongolian: ᠡᠴᠢᠭᠡ (ečige) — male parent
• Muong: pổ — male parent
• Mwani: baba — male parent
• Mwani: wawa — male parent
• Khiamniungan Naga: pòu — male parent
• Nahuatl: tahtli — male parent
• Nama: ǁgûb — male parent
• Nanai: ама (ama) — male parent
• Navajo: azhéʼé — male parent
• Navajo: ataaʼ — male parent
• Neapolitan: pate — male parent
• Nepali: बाबु (bābu) — male parent
• Nepali: बुवा (buwā) — male parent
• Nepali: बा (bā) — male parent
• Nheengatu: paya — male parent
• Nivkh: ытк (ətk) — male parent
• Nivkh: ытык (ətək) — male parent
• Nivkh: ытка (ətka) — male parent
• Nivkh: ытыка (ətəka) — male parent
• Norman: père — male parent
• Norman: pére — male parent
• Norman: péthe — male parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: far — male parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: pappa — male parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: fader — male parent
• Occitan: paire — male parent
• Odia: ବାପା (bāpā) — male parent
• Northern Ohlone: ká̄nak'ap̄a — male parent
• Ojibwe: imbaabaa — male parent
• Ojibwe: indede — male parent
• Church Slavic: отьць (otĭcĭ) — male parent
• Church Slavic: ⱁⱅⱐⱌⱐ (otĭcĭ) — male parent
• Old East Slavic: отьць (otĭcĭ) — male parent
• Old English: fæder — male parent
• Old Norse: faðir — male parent
• Old Prussian: tāws — male parent
• Old Prussian: tāwas — male parent
• Old Tupi: uba — male parent
• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰭 — male parent
• Old Turkic: 𐰯𐰀 — male parent
• O'odham: 'o꞉g — male parent
• Oromo: abbaa — male parent
• Oscan: 𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌝𐌓 (patír) — male parent
• Ossetian: фыд (fyd) — male parent
• Pacoh: counh — male parent
• Pacoh: a-ám — male parent
• Pali: janako — male parent
• Pali: जनको (janako) — male parent
• Pannonian Rusyn: оцец (ocec) — male parent
• Pannonian Rusyn: отец (otec) — male parent
• Papiamentu: tata — male parent
• Pashto: پلار (plār) — male parent
• Pashto: بابا (bāba) — male parent
• Pennsylvania German: Vadder — male parent
• Pennsylvania German: Daadi — male parent
• Dari: پَدَر (padar) — male parent
• Dari: پِدَر (pidar) — male parent
• Dari: وَالِد (wālid) — male parent
• Iranian Persian: پِدَر (pedar) — male parent
• Iranian Persian: بابا (bâbâ) — male parent
• Iranian Persian: والِد (vâled) — male parent
• Middle Persian: pid — male parent
• Old Persian: 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 — male parent
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤁 (ʾb) — male parent
• Phrygian: πατερης (paterēs) — male parent
• Piedmontese: papà — male parent
• Pirahã: baíxi — male parent
• Pitjantjatjara: mama — male parent
• Pitjantjatjara: punari — male parent
• Plautdietsch: Voda (nds) — male parent
• Polabian: aită — male parent
• Polish: ojciec — male parent
• Polish: tata — male parent
• Portuguese: pai — male parent
• Punjabi: ਪਿਓ (pio) — male parent
• Punjabi: ਪੇ (pe) — male parent
• Punjabi: ਬਾਪ (bāp) — male parent
• Punjabi: ਪਿਤਾ (pitā) — male parent
• Punjabi: پِیو (piyo) — male parent
• Punjabi: پے (pe) — male parent
• Punjabi: باپ (bāp) — male parent
• Punjabi: اَبّا (abbā) — male parent
• Punjabi: اَبُّو (abbū) — male parent
• Q'eqchi: yuwaʼ — male parent
• Quechua: tayta — male parent
• Quechua: tata — male parent
• Rade: ama — male parent
• Rapa Nui: matu'a tane — male parent
• Rohingya: bab — male parent
• Rohingya: baf — male parent
• Rohingya: abba — male parent
• Romagnol: ba — male parent
• Romagnol: bab — male parent
• Romani: dad — male parent
• Balkan-Romani: dad — male parent
• Balkan-Romani: dat — male parent
• Baltic Romani: daad (Latvia) — male parent
• Baltic Romani: dad — male parent
• Carpathian Romani: dad (Prekmurski, Romungro, Veršend) — male parent
• Kalo Finnish Romani: daad — male parent
• Sinte-Romani: dad — male parent
• Vlax-Romani: dad — male parent
• Welsh-Romani: dad — male parent
• Romanian: tată — male parent
• Romansh: bap — male parent
• Romansh: bab — male parent
• Russian: оте́ц (otéc) — male parent
• Russian: па́па (pápa) — male parent
• Russian: ба́тя (bátja) — male parent
• Russian: ба́тюшка (bátjuška) — male parent
• Russian: ба́тька (bátʹka) — male parent
• Russian: папа́ша (papáša) — male parent
• Russian: тя́тя (tjátja) — male parent
• Rutul: дид (did) — male parent
• Rwanda-Rundi: so — male parent
• Saaroa: ama'a — male parent
• Sabaean: 𐩱𐩨 (ʾb) — male parent
• Saho: abba — male parent
• Saisiyat: yaba' — male parent
• Salar: aba — male parent
• Akkala Sami: эһч (ehč) — male parent
• Inari-Sami: eeči — male parent
• Kemi Sami: äätj — male parent
• Kildin-Sami: аджь (adž’) — male parent
• Lule-Sami: áhttje — male parent
• Northern Sami: áhčči — male parent
• Pite Sami: áhttje — male parent
• Skolt-Sami: eʹčč — male parent
• Southern Sami: aehtjie — male parent
• Ter Sami: jiečče — male parent
• Ume-Sami: áhttjie — male parent
• Samoan: tamā — male parent
• Sanskrit: पितृ (pitṛ) — male parent
• Sanskrit: पितर (pitara) — male parent
• Sardinian: babbu — male parent
• Scots: faither — male parent
• Scots: fader — male parent
• Scottish Gaelic: athair — male parent
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀тац — male parent
• Serbo-Croatian: òtac — male parent
• Shan: ပေႃႈ (pāu) — male parent
• Sherpa: འ་བ ('a ba) — male parent
• Shona: baba — male parent
• Sicilian: patri — male parent
• Sidamo: anna — male parent
• Silesian: ôjciec — male parent
• Sindhi: پيءُ (pīu) — male parent
• Sindhi: بابو (bābō) — male parent
• Sinhalese: තාත්තා (tāttā) — male parent
• Slovak: otec — male parent
• Slovak: tato — male parent
• Slovak: tatko — male parent
• Slovak: tatíčko — male parent
• Slovak: foter — male parent
• Slovene: oče — male parent
• Slovene: očka — male parent
• Slovene: tata — male parent
• Slovene: ata — male parent
• Somali: aabo — male parent
• Somali: aabbe — male parent
• Lower Sorbian: nan — male parent
• Upper Sorbian: nan — male parent
• Upper Sorbian: wótc — male parent
• Sotho: ntate — male parent
• South Picene: 𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌇 (patereíh) — male parent
• Spanish: padre — male parent
• Sranan Tongo: papa — male parent
• Sranan Tongo: tata — male parent
• Sudovian: tews — male parent
• Sumerian: 𒀀𒀀 (A.A) — male parent
• Sumerian: 𒀁 (IDUM) — male parent
• Sumerian: 𒀋 (ABBA2) — male parent
• Sumerian: 𒀜𒁕 (AD.DA) — male parent
• Sundanese: rama — male parent
• Sundanese: abah — male parent
• Svan: მუ (mu) — male parent
• Swahili: baba — male parent
• Swahili: mzee — male parent
• Swedish: fader — male parent
• Swedish: far — male parent
• Swedish: pappa — male parent
• Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠙ (baf) — male parent
• Sylheti: ꠀꠛ꠆ꠛꠣ (abba) — male parent
• Tabasaran: адаш (adaš) — male parent
• Tabasaran: аба (aba) — male parent
• Tagalog: ama — male parent
• Tagalog: tatay — male parent
• Tagalog: papa — male parent
• Tagalog: tatang — male parent
• Tagalog: itay — male parent
• Tagalog: tay — male parent
• Tai Dón: ꪝꪮꫀ — male parent
• Taíno: baba — male parent
• Tajik: падар (padar) — male parent
• Tajik: бобо (bobo) — male parent
• Tajik: волид (volid) — male parent
• Talysh: pə — male parent
• Talysh: دده (dada) — male parent
• Tamil: அப்பா (appā) — male parent
• Tamil: தந்தை (tantai) — male parent
• Tamil: அத்தன் (attaṉ) — male parent
• Tamil: அப்பன் (appaṉ) — male parent
• Taos: tǫ̏ména — male parent
• Tarantino: attàne — male parent
• Tarifit: baba — male parent
• Taroko: tama — male parent
• Tat: piyər — male parent
• Tat: bəbə — male parent
• Tatar: ата (ata) — male parent
• Tatar: әти (äti) — male parent
• Tatar: атай (atay) — male parent
• Tausug: ama — male parent
• Tày: 嗓 — male parent
• Tày: 嗚 — male parent
• Tày: 嗟 — male parent
• Telugu: నాన్న (nānna) — male parent
• Telugu: తండ్రి (taṇḍri) — male parent
• Ternate: baba — male parent
• Tetum: aman — male parent
• Thai: พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ) — male parent
• Thai: บิดา (bì-daa) — male parent
• Thao: ama — male parent
• Tibetan: པ་ཕ (pa pha) — male parent
• Tibetan: ཕ་ལགས — male parent
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཕ (a pha) — male parent
• Tigre: አብ (ʾäb) — male parent
• Tigrinya: ኣቦ (ʾabo) — male parent
• Tocharian A: pācar — male parent
• Tocharian A: āp — male parent
• Tocharian B: pācer — male parent
• Tocharian B: āppo — male parent
• Tok Pisin: papa — male parent
• Tokelauan: tamana — male parent
• Traveller Norwegian: dad — male parent
• Tsou: amo — male parent
• Tumbuka: dada — male parent
• Turkish: baba — male parent
• Turkish: ata — male parent
• Ottoman Turkish: بابا (bâbâ) — male parent
• Ottoman Turkish: اب (eb) — male parent
• Ottoman Turkish: پدر (peder) — male parent
• Ottoman Turkish: والد (vâlid) — male parent
• Ottoman Turkish: اتا (ata) — male parent
• Turkmen: kaka — male parent
• Tuvan: ача (aça) — male parent
• Tuvan: ада (ada) — male parent
• Udi: баба (baba) — male parent
• Udmurt: атай (ataj) — male parent
• Udmurt: бубы (buby) — male parent
• Udmurt: айы (ajy) — male parent
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎁 (ảb) — male parent
• Ukrainian: ба́тько (bátʹko) — male parent
• Ukrainian: оте́ць (otécʹ) — male parent
• Ukrainian: та́то (táto) — male parent
• Urdu: والِد (vālid) — male parent
• Urdu: باپ (bāp) — male parent
• Uyghur: دادا (dada) — male parent
• Uyghur: ئاتا (ata) — male parent
• Uzbek: ota — male parent
• Uzbek: volid — male parent
• Venetan: pare — male parent
• Veps: tat — male parent
• Vietnamese: cha — male parent
• Vietnamese: ba — male parent
• Vietnamese: bố — male parent
• Vietnamese: tía — male parent
• Vietnamese: thầy — male parent
• Vietnamese: cậu — male parent
• Vietnamese: bọ — male parent
• Vilamovian: foter — male parent
• Volapük: fat — male parent
• Võro: esä — male parent
• Votic: isä — male parent
• Walloon: pere — male parent
• Wambaya: irda — male parent
• Waneci: پيار (piyār) — male parent
• Welsh: tad — male parent
• Wiradjuri: babiin — male parent
• Woiwurrung: mamem — male parent
• Wolaytta: aawaa — male parent
• Wolof: baay — male parent
• Wolof: pàppa — male parent
• Wutunhua: aba — male parent
• Wutunhua: ha — male parent
• Xhosa: ubawo — male parent
• Xhosa: utata — male parent
• Xhosa: uyise — male parent
• Yagara: babun — male parent
• Yagara: bing — male parent
• Yaghnobi: падар (padar) — male parent
• Yaghnobi: додо (dodo) — male parent
• Yakut: аҕа (ağa) — male parent
• Yámana: imu — male parent
• Yami: ama — male parent
• Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter) — male parent
• Yiddish: טאַטע (tate) — male parent
• Yoruba: bàbá — male parent
• Yoruba: baba — male parent
• Yucatec Maya: taat — male parent
• Yup'ik: aata — male parent
• Yup'ik: ata — male parent
• Yuracare: tata — male parent
• Zande: ba — male parent
• Záparo: akamínu — male parent
• Zazaki: pi (diq) — male parent
• Zealandic: vaoder — male parent
• Zealandic: vaer — male parent
• Zhuang: baz — male parent
• Zhuang: baq — male parent
• Zhuang: boh — male parent
• Zhuang: box — male parent
• Zhuang: dax — male parent
• Zhuang: dez — male parent
• Zulu: ubaba class 1a/2a — male parent
• Zulu: uyihlo class 1a/2a — male parent
• Zulu: uyise class 1a/2a — male parent
• ǃXóõ: a̰a — male parent
• Bulgarian: та́тко (tátko) — term of address for an elderly man
• Danish: fader — term of address for an elderly man
• Dutch: vadertje — term of address for an elderly man
• Finnish: setä — term of address for an elderly man
• German: Väterchen — term of address for an elderly man
• Hungarian: apó — term of address for an elderly man
• Ido: patro — term of address for an elderly man
• Indonesian: bung — term of address for an elderly man
• Indonesian: bun — term of address for an elderly man
• Japanese: おとうさん (otōsan) — term of address for an elderly man
• Latin: atta — term of address for an elderly man
• Marshallese: aļap — term of address for an elderly man
• Middle English: fader — term of address for an elderly man
• Persian: بابا (bâbâ) — term of address for an elderly man
• Persian: پِدَر (pedar) — term of address for an elderly man
• Portuguese: senhor — term of address for an elderly man
• Romani: dad — term of address for an elderly man
• Russian: оте́ц (otéc) — term of address for an elderly man
• Russian: ба́тя (bátja) — term of address for an elderly man
• Russian: папа́ша (papáša) — term of address for an elderly man
• Swahili: baba — term of address for an elderly man
• Tagalog: manong — term of address for an elderly man
• Tagalog: mang — term of address for an elderly man
• Tamil: அய்யா (ayyā) — term of address for an elderly man
• Telugu: అయ్యా (ayyā) — term of address for an elderly man
• Vietnamese: ông — term of address for an elderly man
• Vietnamese: bác — term of address for an elderly man
• Vietnamese: chú — term of address for an elderly man
• Arabic: بَابَا (bābā) — term of address for a priest
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܒܵܐ (baba) — term of address for a priest
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼܢܵܐ (ābuna) — term of address for a priest
• Aramaic: ܦܦܐ (pāpā) — term of address for a priest
• Armenian: տե՛ր հայր (tér hayr) — term of address for a priest
• Bulgarian: оте́ц (otéc) — term of address for a priest
• Chinese Cantonese: 神父 (san4 fu6) — term of address for a priest
• Hakka Chinese: 神父 (sṳ̀n-fu) — term of address for a priest
• Chinese: 神父 (sîn-hū) — term of address for a priest
• Chinese Mandarin: 神父 (shénfù) — term of address for a priest
• Finnish: isä — term of address for a priest
• Galician: padre — term of address for a priest
• Georgian: მამა (mama) — term of address for a priest
• Georgian: მამაო (mamao) — term of address for a priest
• German: Vater — term of address for a priest
• German: Pater — term of address for a priest
• German: Pfarrer — term of address for a priest
• Hungarian: atya — term of address for a priest
• Irish: athair — term of address for a priest
• Japanese: 神父 (shinpu) — term of address for a priest
• Kannada: ಪಾದ್ರಿ (pādri) — term of address for a priest
• Korean: 신부 (sinbu) — term of address for a priest
• Malayalam: അച്ഛന് (acchaṉ) — term of address for a priest
• Malayalam: പള്ളീലച്ചൻ (paḷḷīlaccaṉ) — term of address for a priest
• Marshallese: bata — term of address for a priest
• Middle English: fader — term of address for a priest
• Nheengatu: paí — term of address for a priest
• Norwegian Bokmål: fader — term of address for a priest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fader — term of address for a priest
• Polish: ojciec — term of address for a priest
• Portuguese: padre — term of address for a priest
• Punjabi: پادرِی (pādrī) — term of address for a priest
• Romanian: părinte — term of address for a priest
• Russian: ба́тюшка (bátjuška) — term of address for a priest
• Spanish: padre — term of address for a priest
• Tagalog: padre — term of address for a priest
• Tagoi: padre — term of address for a priest
• Tamil: பாதிரியார் (pātiriyār) — term of address for a priest
• Urdu: پادْری (pādrī) — term of address for a priest
• Vietnamese: cha — term of address for a priest
• Welsh: tad — term of address for a priest
• Albanian: atë — term of address for a Christian priest
• Belarusian: айце́ц (ajcjéc) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Belarusian: ба́цюшка (bácjuška) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Chinese Cantonese: 神父 (san4 fu6) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Chinese: 神父 (sîn-hū) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Chinese Mandarin: 神父 (shénfù) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Dutch: pater — term of address for a Christian priest
• Dutch: eerwaarde — term of address for a Christian priest
• Dutch: mijnheer pastoor — term of address for a Christian priest
• Finnish: Isä — term of address for a Christian priest
• French: Père — term of address for a Christian priest
• German: Vater — term of address for a Christian priest
• German: Pater — term of address for a Christian priest
• Greek: πάτερ (páter) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Hungarian: atya — term of address for a Christian priest
• Ido: patro — term of address for a Christian priest
• Indonesian: rama — term of address for a Christian priest
• Italian: padre — term of address for a Christian priest
• Japanese: 神父 (shinpu) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Macedonian: о́тец (ótec) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Macedonian: о́че (óče) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Malayalam: പിതാവ് (pitāvŭ) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Malayalam: അച്ഛന് (acchaṉ) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Malayalam: പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന് (paḷḷiyilacchaṉ) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Maltese: dun — term of address for a Christian priest
• Norwegian Bokmål: fader — term of address for a Christian priest
• Persian: پدر (pedar) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Polish: ojciec — term of address for a Christian priest
• Portuguese: padre — term of address for a Christian priest
• Romanian: pater — term of address for a Christian priest
• Russian: свято́й оте́ц (svjatój otéc) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Russian: ба́тюшка (bátjuška) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Serbo-Croatian: отац — term of address for a Christian priest
• Serbo-Croatian: otac — term of address for a Christian priest
• Spanish: padre — term of address for a Christian priest
• Swahili: baba — term of address for a Christian priest
• Tamil: திருதந்தை (tirutantai) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Thai: หลวงพ่อ (lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Ukrainian: оте́ць (otécʹ) — term of address for a Christian priest
• Bulgarian: ста́вам баща́ (stávam baštá) — to sire
• Danish: avle — to sire
• Finnish: siittää — to sire
• German: zeugen — to sire
• Hungarian: nemz — to sire
• Portuguese: gerar — to sire
• Portuguese: procriar — to sire
• Romanian: procrea — to sire
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — to give rise to
• Hungarian: nemz — to give rise to
• Romanian: zămisli — to give rise to
• Romanian: crea — to give rise to
• Romanian: da naștere — to give rise to
• Romanian: produce — to give rise to
• Spanish: engendrar — to give rise to
• Spanish: ocasionar — to give rise to
• Spanish: producir — to give rise to
• Finnish: toimia isänä — to act as a father
• French: paterner — to act as a father
• Spanish: engendrar — to act as a father