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father

Vater

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
father
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] der Vater, männliches Elternteil
3. [2] ein christlicher Geistlicher, Priester
4. [3] Anrede für einen älteren Mann
[1] My father has brown eyes.
Mein Vater hat braune Augen.
Englisch > Englisch
father
1. subst. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
My father was a strong influence on me.
My friend Tony just became a father.
2. subst. , trans-album=The Borrowers
3. subst. , , Father, dear fatherWill you be proud of me?I wish I could beJust like you.
4. subst. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
5. subst. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Come, father; you can sit here.
6. subst. A term of respectful address for a priest.
7. subst. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.
The child is father to the man.
8. subst. The founder of a discipline or science.
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
9. subst. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
10. subst. A senator of Ancient Rome.
11. v. To be a father to; to sire.
12. v. (figuratively) To give rise to.
13. v. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
14. v. To provide with a father.
15. v. To adopt as one's own.
Deutsch > Englisch
Vater
1. subst. father
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten. - My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday.