father /'fɑ:ðә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
• (n.) `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is…
• (n.) a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

Chinese translation

• n. 父亲, 祖先, 长辈, 神父, 创始者
• vt. 当...的父亲, 保护, 创作, 发明, 培养

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'fɑ:ðә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao

Frequency

Zipf 5.26 · Common

Word forms

fathered, fathering, fathers

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