[ˈfɑːðə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man in relation to his child or children
(e.g: Margaret's father died at an early age)

- (often as a title or form of address) a priest
(e.g: pray for me, father)

- early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative


Phrases:
- how's your father
- like father, like son

Origin:
Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr

[ˈfɑːðə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child)
(e.g: he fathered three children)


Phrases:
- how's your father
- like father, like son

Origin:
Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr