"fatherless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|faderles}} Middle English faderles, {{m|enm|federles}} federles, {{inh|en|ang|fæderlēas}} Old English fæderlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fadērlausaz}} Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, {{suffix|en|father|less}} father + -less, {{cog|de|vaterlos}} German vaterlos Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fatherless (not comparable)
  1. Without a (living) father. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without a living father): ἀπάτωρ (apátōr) (Ancient Greek), faderløs (Danish), isätön (Finnish), უმამო (umamo) (Georgian), vaterlos (German), નબાપું (nabāpũ) (Gujarati), apátlan (Hungarian), ätitöin (Ingrian), bêbav (Northern Kurdish), farløs (Norwegian Bokmål), farlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), farlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), अनाथ (anātha) (Sanskrit), faderlös (Swedish), తండ్రిలేని (taṇḍrilēni) (Telugu), babasız (Turkish), yetim (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fatherless-en-adj-6m~lr3xF Disambiguation of 'without a living father': 83 17
  2. (figurative) Without a known author or inventor. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fatherless-en-adj-~2BJgmMK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fatherlesse [obsolete] Hypernyms: parentless Derived forms: fatherlessness Related terms: half orphan, orphan Coordinate_terms: motherless

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      "word": "ἀπάτωρ"
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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      "sense": "without a living father",
      "word": "farløs"
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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      "sense": "without a living father",
      "word": "తండ్రిలేని"
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      "sense": "without a living father",
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