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Webster 1913 Edition

Dad

(dăd)

Noun.

[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir.

daid

, Gael.

daidein

, W.

tad

, OL.

tata

, Gr.

τάτα

τέττα

, Skr.

tāta

Father; – a word sometimes used by children.

I was never so bethumped with words,
Since I first called my brother’s father

dad

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Dad

DAD

Definition 2024

Dad

See also: dad, DAD, dåd, -dad, ḍaḍ, and dáð

English

Proper noun

Dad

One's father.
I will only do what Dad says.

Anagrams

add, ADD

dad

See also: Dad, DAD, dåd, -dad, ḍaḍ, and dáð

English

Alternative forms

dadde (obsolete), dadda, Dad

Noun

dad ‎(plural dads)

(informal) A father, a male parent.
He hadn't seen his dad in years.‎
(familiar) Used to address one's father
Happy Father's Day, Dad!‎
(slang) Used to address an older adult male

Synonyms

(a father):
(used to address one's father familiarly): dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, papá, papà, pappa, pater, paw
(used to address an older adult male): daddio, pop, pops

Related terms

dada
daddio

grandpappy

Translations

informal a father

Afrikaans: pa, papa (af)
Arabic: بَابَا m ‎(bābā)
Azeri: dədə
Bashkir: атай ‎(atay)
Basque: aitatxo (eu)
Belarusian: та́та m ‎(táta), па́па m ‎(pápa)
Bulgarian: та́тко (bg) m ‎(tátko)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爸爸 (zh) ‎(bàba), 爸 (zh) ‎(bà), 爹 (zh) ‎(diē)
Classical Nahuatl: tata
Czech: tatínek (cs) m
Dutch: pappa (nl)
Esperanto: paĉjo (eo)
Estonian: issi, taat
Faroese: babba (fo)
Finnish: isäukko, faija (fi)
French: papa (fr) m
Georgian: მამა ‎(mama)
German: Papa (de) m, Papi m, Vati (de) m
Greek: μπαμπάς (el) m ‎(bampás)
Hebrew: אַבָּא (he) m ‎(aba)
Hindi: बाप (hi) m ‎(bāp), अब्बा (hi) m ‎(abbā), बाबा (hi) m ‎(bābā), बापू (hi) m ‎(bāpū), पिताजी m ‎(pitā-jī)
Hungarian: apa (hu), apu (hu)
Ido: papa (io)
Irish: deaide m, daid m
Italian: papà (it) m, babbo (it) m, pà (it) m
Japanese: お父さん (ja) ‎(otōsan), パパ (ja) ‎(papa)
Khmer: ឳ ‎(’əv)
Korean: 아빠 (ko) ‎(appa), 아버지 (ko) ‎(abeoji)
Latgalian: tēte, tēteite

Latvian: tētis m
Lithuanian: tėtis (lt) m
Macedonian: та́то m ‎(táto), та́те m ‎(táte)
Malayalam: അച്ഛന്‍ ‎(acchan‍), (Muslim) ബാപ്പ (ml) ‎(bāppa)
Marathi: बाबा m ‎(bābā), पप्पा m ‎(pappā)
Mazanderani: بابا ‎(baba)
Norwegian: pappa (no)
Persian: پدر (fa) ‎(pedar), بابا (fa) ‎(bâbâ), باب (fa) ‎(bâb) (archaic)
Polish: tata (pl) m, tato (pl) m, tatuś (pl) m
Portuguese: papá m, papai (pt) m
Romanian: tată (ro) m
Russian: па́па (ru) m ‎(pápa), тя́тя (ru) m ‎(tjátja) (obsolete), ба́тя (ru) m ‎(bátja), ба́тюшка (ru) m ‎(bátjuška), па́почка (ru) m ‎(pápočka)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тата m

Roman: tata (sh) m
Slovak: tatko m, tatík m, otecko m
Slovene: oče (sl) m, očka m, (dialectal) tata m, (dialectal) ata m
Spanish: papá (es) m
Swedish: pappa (sv)
Tamil: தாதா (ta) ‎(tātā), தந்தை (ta) ‎(tantai)
Thai: พ่อ (th) ‎(pòo), คุณพ่อ ‎(kun pòo)
Turkish: baba (tr)
Turkmen: däde
Tz'utujil: tata’
Ukrainian: та́то m ‎(táto), та́тусь m ‎(tátusʹ), па́па m ‎(pápa)
Urdu: بابا ‎(bābā), ابّا (ur) m ‎(abbā), باپ m ‎(bāp), دادا m ‎(dādā)
Vietnamese: bố (vi), ba (vi), cha (vi), thầy (vi), tía (vi)
Volapük: fatül (vo)
Yiddish: טאַטע m ‎(tate)

familiar address of one's own father

Bashkir: атай ‎(atay)
Esperanto: paĉjo (eo)
Finnish: isi (fi)
French: papa (fr)
German: Papa (de) m, Papi m, Vati (de) m
Hebrew: אַבָּא (he) m ‎(ába)
Irish: deaide m, daid m

Japanese: お父さん (ja) ‎(おとうさん, otōsan)
Ndzwani Comorian: ɓɓangu ‎(bbangu)
Polish: tata (pl) m, tato (pl) m, tatuś (pl) m (diminutive)
Portuguese: papá m
Russian: па́па (ru) m ‎(pápa), тя́тя (ru) m ‎(tjátja) (obsolete), ба́тя (ru) m ‎(bátja), ба́тюшка (ru) m ‎(bátjuška)
Spanish: papá (es) m

informal address of an older male

Finnish: pappa (fi), setä (fi)

Russian: папа́ша (ru) m ‎(papáša)

Anagrams

add , ADD

Breton

Noun

dad

Mutated form of tad.

Kurdish

Noun

dad f

law (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at law. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dad in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

Lojban

Rafsi

dad

rafsi of dandu.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis. Cognate with Old English dǣd, Dutch daad, Old High German tāt (German Tat).

Noun

dād f

deed

Declension

Declension of dad (strong i-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dād	dādi
accusative	dād	dādi
genitive	dādi	dādiō
dative	dādi	dādium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Low German: Daat

Romani

Noun

dad m ‎(plural dada)

father

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Akin to Irish dada, tada.

Noun

dad m

anything, aught, tittle
Ciod e th' ort? Chan eil dad.‎
What is wrong with you? Nothing.

Related terms

dad ort

References

A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

Somali

Noun

dad ?

people

Spanish

Verb

dad

Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of dar.

Welsh

Noun

dad

Soft mutation of tad.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tad	dad	nhad	thad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] ‎(dal).

Noun

dad

(anatomy) belly

References

Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

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Webster 1913 Edition

Dad

Dad

Webster 1828 Edition

Dad

DAD

Definition 2024

Dad

Dad

English

Proper noun

See also

Anagrams

dad

dad

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Breton

Noun

Kurdish

Noun

Lojban

Rafsi

Old Saxon

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Romani

Noun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

References

Somali

Noun

Spanish

Verb

Welsh

Noun

Mutation

Zay

Etymology

Noun

References

Pronunciation

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