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A (generally human) male who begets a child. / A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. / A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

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father

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Noun

A (generally human) male who begets a child. / A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. / A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Japanese Meaning

子供をもうける男性、父親 / 親よりも遠い先祖、祖先 / 高齢男性への尊敬のこもった呼称

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My father taught me how to ride a bicycle when I was seven.

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私の父親は私が7歳のとき自転車の乗り方を教えてくれました。

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A (generally human) male who begets a child.

My father was a strong influence on me.

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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.

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A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Come, father; you can sit here.

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A term of respectful address for a priest.

Bless you, good father friar!

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A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.

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The founder of a discipline or science.

Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.

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Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Soon after the announcement of this year's election results, Mereka said that "the father of all battles had just begun." His dispute with Muite goes back to March last year […]

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Something inanimate that begets.

But may the Sun and gentle weather, / When you are both growne ripe together, / Load you with fruit, such as your Father / From you with all the joyes doth gather : / And may you when one branch is dead / Graft ſuch another in it's ſtead,[…]

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