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How to pronounce father
Say it like this: /ˈfɑ.ðɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does father mean?
nounA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
“My friend Tony just became a father.”
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
“So Dauid ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.”
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
“Come, father; you can sit here.”
verbTo be a father to; to sire.
“Well go too, we'll haue no Baſtards liue, / Eſpecially ſince Charles muſt Father it.”
To give rise to.
“Cowards father Cowards & Baſe things Syre Bace;”
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
“I good youth, / And rather Father thee, then Maſter thee:”
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