father

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. . The development of the -vowel (outside of those accents which also have in ) is irregular and has not been conclusively explained.

Noun

 * 1) A (generally human) male who begets a child.
 * 2) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
 * 3) A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
 * 4) A pioneering figure in a particular field.
 * 5) Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
 * 6) Something inanimate that begets.
 * 7)  A member of a church council.
 * 8)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
 * 2) A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
 * 3) A pioneering figure in a particular field.
 * 4) Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
 * 5) Something inanimate that begets.
 * 6)  A member of a church council.
 * 7)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1) A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
 * 2) A pioneering figure in a particular field.
 * 3) Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
 * 4) Something inanimate that begets.
 * 5)  A member of a church council.
 * 6)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1) A pioneering figure in a particular field.
 * 2) Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
 * 3) Something inanimate that begets.
 * 4)  A member of a church council.
 * 5)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1) Something inanimate that begets.
 * 2)  A member of a church council.
 * 3)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1)  A member of a church council.
 * 2)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
 * 1)  The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:father
 * see and

Antonyms

 * mother
 * son, daughter, child

Verb

 * 1) To be a father to; to sire.
 * 2)  To give rise to.
 * 3) To act as a father; to support and nurture.
 * 4) To provide with a father.
 * 5) To adopt as one's own.
 * 1) To provide with a father.
 * 2) To adopt as one's own.
 * 1) To adopt as one's own.
 * 1) To adopt as one's own.
 * 1) To adopt as one's own.