father
/ˈfɑːðə/
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Translation
A man who has a child; a male parent.
Word origin
From Old English faeder, the word for a male parent.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- faeder
Grammar
Gender
Pluralfathers
Examples
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"Father" means the male parent in a family.
outside .
"Fathers" is the plural, meaning more than one father.
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Here "father" shows the man cares for his children.
"Father" means a man who has a child, the male parent in a family. The matching word for the female parent is "mother".
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