pater

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪtə/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

pater (plural paters)

1. (formal or humorous) father
   • 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie (song)

     Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
     He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
     He spends the good oof that his pater has made
     Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.

See also

• mater
• padre
• patrician

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater. Doublette with Dutch vader and va.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ter

Noun

pater m (plural paters, diminutive patertje n)

1. father (in the religious sense)

Anagrams

• prate

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Compare Oscan 𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌝𐌓 (patír), Old Armenian հայր (hayr), Old Irish athair, Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr), Old English fæder, Old Norse faðir, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (pitā), Tocharian A pācar.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ter/, [ˈpa.tɛr]

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Noun

pater m (genitive patris); third declension

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

References

• pater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in our fathers' time: memoria patrum nostrorum
    
  • son of such and such a father, mother: patre, (e) matre natus
    
  • my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
    
  • to be disinherited: exheredari a patre
    
  • (ambiguous) to consult the senators on a matter: patres (senatum) consulere de aliqua re (Sall. Iug. 28)
    

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater.

Noun

pater m

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

Etymology

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

Noun

pater

1. priest