"Father" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: See father. Etymology templates: {{m|en|father}} father Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Father
  1. (Christianity) God, the father of Creation. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (God, the father of Creation): Vader (Afrikaans), Atë [masculine] (Albanian), اَلْآب (al-ʔāb) [masculine] (Arabic), باب (bab) (Central Kurdish), Atate (Chichewa), 天爸 (Thiⁿ-Pē) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 聖爸 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 圣爸 (Sèng-Pē) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 天父 (tin¹ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 聖父 (Chinese Cantonese), 圣父 (english: sing³ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 天父 (Tiānfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖父 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣父 (Shèngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), Vader [masculine] (Dutch), Isä (Finnish), Père [masculine] (French), მამა (mama) [masculine] (Georgian), Vater [masculine] (German), 天父 (Thiên-Fu) (Hakka Chinese), 聖父 (Hakka Chinese), 圣父 (Sṳn-Fu) (Hakka Chinese), Atya (Hungarian), Bapa (Indonesian), Bapa Suci (Indonesian), 天父 (tenpu) (alt: てんぷ) (Japanese), 아버지 (abeoji) (Korean), 천부 (cheonbu) (Korean), ພໍ່ (phǭ) (Lao), Pater [masculine] (Latin), Vader (Limburgish), Papp [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Il-Missier [masculine] (Maltese), पिता (pitā) [masculine] (Marathi), mɓaɓa Mngu (mbaba Mngu) [class-1] (Ngazidja Comorian), Bab [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), abba (Norwegian Bokmål), fader [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Uba (Old Tupi), پلار (plār) [masculine] (Pashto), خدای پدر (xodâ-ye pedar) (Persian), Voda (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Wader [masculine] (Polabian), Pai [masculine] (Portuguese), Оте́ц (Otéc) [masculine] (Russian), තාත්තා (tāttā) (Sinhalese), Padre [masculine] (Spanish), Baba (Swahili), Оте́ць (Otécʹ) (Ukrainian), دادا (dada) (Uyghur), ئاتا (ata) (Uyghur), Foter (Vilamovian), y Tad [masculine] (Welsh), Bawo (Xhosa), פֿאָטער (foter) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-zJj4XGo6 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'God, the father of Creation': 65 16 1 17
  2. (Christianity) God the Father, who eternally begets the Son. Categories (topical): Christianity, Male family members, Titles Synonyms: Fr. (english: title given to priests) Related terms: Dad, Daddy, Mother
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-G76CToXc Disambiguation of Male family members: 1 27 3 26 5 5 17 16 Disambiguation of Titles: 1 25 2 26 6 6 17 16 Topics: Christianity
  3. One's father.
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-tZz-X4Wa
  4. (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master. Categories (topical): Wicca, Male family members, Titles, Wicca
    Sense id: en-Father-en-name-swHtRxqx Disambiguation of Male family members: 1 27 3 26 5 5 17 16 Disambiguation of Titles: 1 25 2 26 6 6 17 16 Disambiguation of Wicca: 9 24 1 35 6 4 11 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages using discouraged character sequences Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 18 2 29 7 4 21 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 11 1 34 4 2 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages using discouraged character sequences: 2 16 2 29 7 4 23 17 Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion

Noun [English]

Forms: Fathers [plural]
Etymology: See father. Etymology templates: {{m|en|father}} father Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} Father (plural Fathers)
  1. (Christianity) A title given to priests. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-Tzht~kLe Topics: Christianity
  2. (Christianity) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-YHbnROzh Topics: Christianity
  3. A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost. Categories (topical): Male family members, Titles
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-S~0rmUjd Disambiguation of Male family members: 1 27 3 26 5 5 17 16 Disambiguation of Titles: 1 25 2 26 6 6 17 16
  4. (historical) A senator of Ancient Rome. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Male family members, Titles Translations (term of address for a Christian priest): atë (Albanian), айце́ц (ajcjéc) [masculine] (Belarusian), ба́цюшка (bácjuška) [masculine] (Belarusian), 神父 (sîn-hū) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神父 (san⁴ fu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 神父 (shénfù) (Chinese Mandarin), pater (Dutch), eerwaarde [masculine] (Dutch), mijnheer pastoor [masculine] (Dutch), Isä (Finnish), Père [masculine] (French), Vater [masculine] (German), Pater [masculine] (German), πάτερ (páter) [masculine] (Greek), atya (Hungarian), patro (Ido), rama (Indonesian), padre [masculine] (Italian), 神父 (shinpu) (alt: しんぷ) (Japanese), о́тец (ótec) [masculine] (Macedonian), о́че (óče) [masculine, vocative] (Macedonian), പിതാവ് (pitāvŭ) (Malayalam), അച്ഛന് (acchaṉ) (Malayalam), പള്ളിയിലച്ഛന് (paḷḷiyilacchaṉ) (Malayalam), dun (Maltese), fader [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پدر (pedar) (Persian), ojciec [masculine] (Polish), padre [masculine] (Portuguese), pater [masculine] (Romanian), свято́й оте́ц (svjatój otéc) [masculine] (Russian), ба́тюшка (bátjuška) (english: Russian Orthodox priest) [masculine] (Russian), отац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), otac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), padre [masculine] (Spanish), baba (Swahili), திருதந்தை (tirutantai) (Tamil), หลวงพ่อ (lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ) (Thai), оте́ць (otécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Father-en-noun-8Cl5M9uq Disambiguation of Male family members: 1 27 3 26 5 5 17 16 Disambiguation of Titles: 1 25 2 26 6 6 17 16 Disambiguation of 'term of address for a Christian priest': 14 8 34 44

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
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          "ref": "2003, A. J. Drew, Patricia Telesco, God/Goddess: Exploring and Celebrating the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity, page 38",
          "text": "In respect to our Lord (God), these are the less known Master, Father, and Sage.",
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      "word": "Fr."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atë"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-ʔāb",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَلْآب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Atate"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tin¹ fu⁶",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sing³ fu⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Thiên-Fu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Sṳn-Fu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Thiⁿ-Pē",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "天爸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "聖爸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Sèng-Pē",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "圣爸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tiānfù",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "聖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Shèngfù",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "圣父"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Isä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Père"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mama",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "მამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vater"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Atya"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bapa"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bapa Suci"
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      "alt": "てんぷ",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "天父"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "abeoji",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "아버지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheonbu",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "천부"
    },
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bab",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "باب"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bab"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phǭ",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "ພໍ່"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pater"
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      "code": "li",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Vader"
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      "code": "lb",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Papp"
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      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Il-Missier"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pitā",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "पिता"
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      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "abba"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fader"
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      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Uba"
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      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "plār",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پلار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xodâ-ye pedar",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "خدای پدر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Voda (nds)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wader"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Otéc",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Оте́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "tāttā",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "තාත්තා"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Padre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Otécʹ",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Оте́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "dada",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "دادا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ata",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "ئاتا"
    },
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      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Foter"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "y Tad"
    },
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      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "word": "Bawo"
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "foter",
      "sense": "God, the father of Creation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "פֿאָטער"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      ],
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      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
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      "word": "свято́й оте́ц"
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      "roman": "bátjuška",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́тюшка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tirutantai",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "திருதந்தை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "word": "หลวงพ่อ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otécʹ",
      "sense": "term of address for a Christian priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оте́ць"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Father"
}
{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (antonym(s) of \"Wicca\"): Mother desc=antonym(s) of \"Wicca\" rest=Mother cls=other cls2=english e1=False e2=True",
  "path": [
    "Father"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Father",
  "trace": ""
}

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