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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊd/
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Received-Pronunciation:
[ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊ̞d]
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Canada, US:
/ˈfɑ.ðɚˌhʊd/
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Canada, US:
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/ˈfaðəɹˌhʉd/
Scotland, Northern Ireland, foot-goose merger
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Scotland, Northern Ireland, foot-goose merger
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/ˈfaðɚˌhʉd/
Scotland, Northern Ireland, foot-goose merger
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[ˈfaðɚˌhʉd]
Scotland, Northern Ireland, foot-goose merger
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rhymes with -ɑːðəhʊd
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CMU ARPABET:
F AA1 DH ER0 HH UH2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paternity, fatherness, dadhood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parenthood
the status of a father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
the status of a religious leader
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Father, Father-God
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paternity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
From Middle English faderhode, fadirhode, fadirhede, equivalent to father + -hood.
Across languages
Translations 42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
atësi
— being a father
Amharic :
አባትነት
(ʾäbatnät)
— being a father
Arabic :
أُبُوَّة
(ʔubuwwa)
— being a father
Bulgarian :
ба́щинство
(báštinstvo)
— being a father
Catalan :
paternitat
— being a father
Chinese Mandarin :
父性
(fùxìng)
— being a father
Czech :
otcovství
— being a father
Danish :
faderskab
— being a father
Dutch :
vaderschap
— being a father
Esperanto :
patreco
— being a father
Estonian :
isadus
— being a father
Finnish :
isyys
— being a father
French :
paternité
— being a father
German :
Vaterschaft
— being a father
German :
Vatersein
— being a father
German :
Vatertum
— being a father
Hindi :
पितृत्व
(pitŕtva)
— being a father
Hungarian :
apaság
— being a father
Icelandic :
faðerni
— being a father
Italian :
paternità
— being a father
Korean :
아버지임
(abeojiim)
— being a father
Northern Kurdish :
bavîtî
— being a father
Northern Kurdish :
babînî
— being a father
Latin :
paternitās
— being a father
Macedonian :
татковство
(tatkovstvo)
— being a father
Norwegian Bokmål :
farskap
— being a father
Norwegian Nynorsk :
farskap
— being a father
Phoenician :
𐤀𐤁𐤕
(ʾbt)
— being a father
Plautdietsch :
Vodaschoft
— being a father
Polish :
ojcostwo
— being a father
Portuguese :
paternidade
— being a father
Romanian :
paternitate
— being a father
Russian :
отцо́вство
(otcóvstvo)
— being a father
Serbo-Croatian :
očinstvo
— being a father
Spanish :
paternidad
— being a father
Swahili :
ubaba
— being a father
Swedish :
faderskap
— being a father
Tagalog :
pagkaama
— being a father
Telugu :
పితృత్వము
(pitr̥tvamu)
— being a father
Turkish :
babalık
— being a father
Ottoman Turkish :
پدری
(pederî)
— being a father
Welsh :
tadolaeth
— being a father
