father, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

father (fathers plural & 3rd person present) (fathering present participle) (fathered past tense & past participle )

1 n-family Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man.
His father was a painter..., He would be a good father to my children., ...Mr Stoneman, a father of five.

2  verb When a man fathers a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.
She claims Mark fathered her child...  V n
He fathered at least three children by the wives of other men.  V n by n

3 n-count The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the father of that thing.
N of n
...Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.

4 n-voc; n-title; n-count In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father.