| inglese > italiano | |
| father | |
| 1. sost. padre, babbo | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| 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. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| padre | |
| 1. subst. father |  |