pater

See also Pater, and páteř

English

Etymology

From Latin pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)

Noun

pater (plural paters)

1. (formal) father

Derived terms

• paternal
• paternity
• patricide
• patrilineage
• patrilineal
• patrimony
• pater familias

See also

• mater
• padre
• patrician

Anagrams

• apert, apter, petra, Petra, prate, preta, repat, taper, trape

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Dutch

Etymology

Latin pater

Noun

pater m (plural paters, diminutive patertje)

1. father (in the religious sense)

Anagrams

• prate

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr; cognate to Ancient Greek πατήρ (patēr), Old English fæder (English father), Old Norse faðir, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpa.ter/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

pater (genitive patris); m, third declension

1. father (male parent)
2. head of household
3. parent
4. forefather
5. honorific title

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pater	patrēs
genitive	patris	patrum
dative	patrī	patribus
accusative	patrem	patrēs
ablative	patre	patribus
vocative	pater	patrēs

Derived terms

paterfamiliās paternus patraster patricīda

patricius patricus patrimōnium

patrīmus patrītus patrius

patrōnus patruēlis patruus

Related terms

Related terms

paternālis paternē paternitās patria

patricē patriē patrimōniālis patrimōniolum

patrium patrōcinālis patrōcinātus patrōcinium

patrōcinor patrōna patrōnālis patrōnātus

Descendants

Aragonese: pai Catalan: pare English: pater Esperanto: patro French: père (< Old French pere, pedre)

Friulian: pari Galician: pai, padre Ido: patro Italian: padre Jèrriais: péthe

Novial: patro Occitan: paire Old Portuguese: padre Portuguese: pai, padre Romanian: pater

Sicilian: patri Spanish: padre

See also

• genitor
• māter
• parēns

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater.

Noun

pater m

1. father (term of address for a Christian priest)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English pater (Christian priests are often referred to as 'Father'), from Latin pater.

Noun

pater

1. priest