"fatherless" meaning in English

See fatherless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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, {{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': 81 19
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 89
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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