Phrase guide

Father's Day

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /faːðɚz dɛɪː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

US: third Sunday in June

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Vadersdag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Arabic: عِيدُ الْأَب (ʕīdu l-ʔab) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Belarusian: Дзень ба́цькі (Dzjenʹ bácʹki) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Bengali: পিতৃ দিবস (pitri diboś) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Bulgarian: Ден на баща́та (Den na baštáta) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Burmese: ဖခင်များနေ့ (hpa.hkangmya:ne.) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Catalan: dia del pare — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Chinese Cantonese: 父親節 /父亲节 (fu6 can1 zit3) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Hakka Chinese: 父親節 (fu-chhîn-chiet) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Hakka Chinese: 父亲节 (fu-chhîn-chiet) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Chinese: 父親節 (hǔ-chhin-chat) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Chinese: 父亲节 (hǔ-chhin-chat) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 父親節 /父亲节 (fùqīnjié) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Czech: Den otců — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Danish: fars dag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Dutch: Vaderdag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Esperanto: tago de patro — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Estonian: isadepäev — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Finnish: isänpäivä — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • French: fête des Pères — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Galician: día do pai — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Georgian: მამის დღე (mamis dɣe) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • German: Vatertag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • German: Herrentag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • German: Männertag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Greek: ημέρα του πατέρα (iméra tou patéra) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Hindi: फादर्स डे (phādars ḍe) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Hungarian: apák napja — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Icelandic: feðradagurinn — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Indonesian: Hari Ayah — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Irish: Lá na nAithreacha — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Italian: festa del papà — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Japanese: 父の日 (chichi no hi) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Kannada: ತಂದೆಯ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆ (tandeya dinācaraṇe) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Kazakh: Әке күні (Äke künı) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Korean: 아버지의 날 (abeojiui nal) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Latvian: tēva diena — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Limburgish: vaderdaag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Lithuanian: tėvo diena — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Macedonian: Ден на таткото (Den na tatkoto) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Malay: Hari Bapa — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Malayalam: പിതൃ ദിനം (pitr̥ dinaṁ) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Maltese: Jum il-Missier — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Navajo: Azhéʼé Bééhániih — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Nepali: बुवा दिवस (buwā divas) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Norwegian: farsdag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Polish: Dzień Ojca — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Portuguese: Dia dos Pais — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Punjabi: ਪਿਤਾ ਦਿਵਸ (pitā divas) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Romanian: Ziua Tatălui — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Russian: День отца́ (Denʹ otcá) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Scots: Faither's Day — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Scottish Gaelic: Là nan Athraichean — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Serbo-Croatian: Очев дан — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Serbo-Croatian: Očev dan — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Sicilian: jurnata di lu patri — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Slovak: Deň otcov — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Slovene: Dan očetov — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Spanish: Día del Padre — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Swedish: fars dag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Tajik: Рӯзи Падар (Rüz-i Padar) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Tamil: தந்தையர் தினம் (tantaiyar tiṉam) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Tatar: әтиләр көне (ätilär köne) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Telugu: పితృ దినోత్సవం (pitr̥ dinōtsavaṁ) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Thai: วันพ่อ (wan-pɔ̂ɔ) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Tokelauan: Aho o Tamana — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Turkish: Babalar Günü — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Ukrainian: День батька́ (Denʹ batʹká) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Vietnamese: Ngày của cha — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • West Flemish: voaderdag — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Yiddish: פֿאָטערטאָג (fotertog) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Yiddish: פֿאָטערסטאָג (foterstog) — holiday in celebration of fatherhood
  • Zazaki: Roca Piyan — holiday in celebration of fatherhood