pronunciation: IPA: /ˈfɑː.ðɚ/ /ˈfaː.ðə/ /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ ˈfɑːðə(r) , SAMPA: /"fA:D@(r)/ /"fA:D@`/ /"fa:D@/            

Translations into Western Apache:

  • taa  (Noun, )
     
    male parent
  • taa’  (Noun, )
     
    male parent
  • t’aah 

Other meanings:

 
The head of an organized crime family.
 
To be a father to; to sire.
 
(figuratively) To give rise to.
 
father (quoting term)
 
to sire
 
The founder of a discipline or science.
 
father (address term)
 
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
 
A person that has founded or originated, as in ''the father of our country''
 
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
 
term of address for an elderly man
 
A male who sires (and often raises) a child.
 
A term of address for an elderly man.
 
to give rise to
 
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
 
A male parent.

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