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Results for: "father"

Translating from English to Czech

Translations:

father — male parent
→ otec m
→ fotr m
→ táta
father — term of address for a priest
→ otec m
→ páter m

More translations:

father
→ otec
father
→ zplodit, být otcem

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 8

  1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

    • “his father was born in Atlanta”
    Synonymsmale parentbegetter
  2. the founder of a family

    • “keep the faith of our forefathers”
  3. `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

    SynonymsPadre
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  1. (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

    SynonymsChurch FatherFather of the Church
  2. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

    • “the tennis fathers ruled in her favor”
    • “the city fathers endorsed the proposal”
  3. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

    • “hear our prayers, Heavenly Father”
  4. a person who founds or establishes some institution

    • “George Washington is the father of his country”
    Synonymsfounderbeginnerfounding father
  5. the head of an organized crime family

    Synonymsdon

VERB 1

  1. make children

    • “Abraham begot Isaac”
    • “Men often father children but don't recognize them”