"pai" meaning in Portuguese

See pai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpaj/ [Brazil], [ˈpaɪ̯] [Brazil], /ˈpaj/ [Portugal] Forms: pais [plural]
Rhymes: -aj Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pay, hypocoristic form of padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of padre. Compare Galician pai, Mirandese and Leonese pai and Aragonese pai. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pay}} Old Galician-Portuguese pay, {{inh|pt|la|pater||father}} Latin pater (“father”), {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr||father}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”), {{doublet|pt|padre}} Doublet of padre, {{cog|gl|pai}} Galician pai, {{cog|mwl,roa-leo|pai}} Mirandese and Leonese pai, {{cog|an|pai}} Aragonese pai Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} pai m (plural pais)
  1. father (male who sires a child) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family Synonyms (male who sires a child): genitor, papai [childish, familiar], papá [childish, familiar], painho progenitor [childish, familiar] Coordinate_terms (male who sires a child): mãe
    Sense id: en-pai-pt-noun-US6VXr8d Disambiguation of Family: 83 0 0 17 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 51 6 6 36 Disambiguation of 'male who sires a child': 98 0 1 2 Disambiguation of 'male who sires a child': 98 0 1 2
  2. one's father Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pai-pt-noun-JFt43IAX
  3. (usually in the plural) parent (either a mother or a father) Tags: masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-pai-pt-noun-cE~Gr25V
  4. (figurative) father (the founder of a discipline or science) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-pai-pt-noun-mS7wgBRw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pae (alt: pre-reform), pay [obsolete] Derived forms: pãe, Pai, pai de família, pai de santo, pai dos burros, pai natal, pai nosso, paizão [augmentative], paizinho [diminutive], tal pai, tal filho Related terms: padrão, padre, padroeiro, patrão, pátria, patrono

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "text": "Kabuverdianu: pai"
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    },
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      ],
      "text": "→ Nheengatu: paya"
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          },
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      "text": "Sãotomense: pe"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "text": "Pai, eu estou saindo com as meninas.",
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        "(usually in the plural) parent (either a mother or a father)"
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        {
          "english": "The Greeks were the fathers of civilisation.",
          "text": "Os gregos foram os pais da civilização.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "father (the founder of a discipline or science)"
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      "id": "en-pai-pt-noun-mS7wgBRw",
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        "(figurative) father (the founder of a discipline or science)"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpaɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Pai"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aj"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "pre-reform",
      "word": "pae"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pai"
}
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      "word": "pãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pai"
    },
    {
      "word": "pai de família"
    },
    {
      "word": "pai de santo"
    },
    {
      "word": "pai dos burros"
    },
    {
      "word": "pai natal"
    },
    {
      "word": "pai nosso"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
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      "word": "paizão"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
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      "word": "paizinho"
    },
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      "word": "tal pai, tal filho"
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          "expansion": "Ambonese Malay: pai, paitua",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Ambonese Malay: pai, paitua"
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
      "text": "Kristang: pai"
    },
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    },
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          },
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      "text": "Sãotomense: pe"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "pai"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "padrão"
    },
    {
      "word": "padre"
    },
    {
      "word": "padroeiro"
    },
    {
      "word": "patrão"
    },
    {
      "word": "pátria"
    },
    {
      "word": "patrono"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "father (male who sires a child)"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "Dad, I'm going out with the girls.",
          "text": "Pai, eu estou saindo com as meninas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's father"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parent (either a mother or a father)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(usually in the plural) parent (either a mother or a father)"
      ],
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        "masculine",
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "The Greeks were the fathers of civilisation.",
          "text": "Os gregos foram os pais da civilização.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father (the founder of a discipline or science)"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) father (the founder of a discipline or science)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpaɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Pai"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "male who sires a child",
      "word": "genitor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "male who sires a child",
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "papai"
    },
    {
      "sense": "male who sires a child",
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "papá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "male who sires a child",
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "painho progenitor"
    },
    {
      "alt": "pre-reform",
      "word": "pae"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pai"
}

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