father in Western Apachetranslation and definition "father", Dictionary English-Western Apache onlinepronunciation: 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. more less Show declensionfather ( third-person singular simple present fathers, present participle fathering, simple past and past participle fathered) lp liczba pojedyncza father; lm liczba mnoga ~s father, ~ed, ~ed; he ~s; be ~ing father ( plural fathers)