Breton

Noun

Pater f ‎(plural Pateroù or Paterioù)

1. Lord’s Prayer

Mutation

German

Etymology

From Latin pater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːtɐ/

Noun

Pater m ‎(genitive Paters, plural Patres or Pater)

1. (Roman Catholicsm) father (monk who is a priest, as distinct from a Frater)
2. (Roman Catholicism) Father (address for a priest)

Declension

English

Noun

pater ‎(plural paters)

1. (formal) father

Derived terms

See also

• mater
• padre
• patrician

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ter

Etymology

From Borrowing from Latin pater. Doublette with Dutch vader and va.

Noun

pater m ‎(plural paters, diminutive patertje n)

1. father (in the religious sense)

Anagrams

• prate

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ter/

Noun

pater m ‎(genitive patris); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• genitor
• māter
• parēns

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pater”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
    

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pater.

Noun

pater m

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

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

Noun

pater

1. priest