Dad

Noun

 * 1)  A father, a male parent.
 * He hadn't seen his dad in years.
 * Dad, happy Father's Day!
 * Dad, happy Father's Day!

Synonyms

 * dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, papá, papà, pappa, pater, paw
 * daddio, pop, pops
 * daddio, pop, pops


 * babbo
 * tata

Related terms

 * dada
 * daddio
 * daddy


 * granddad
 * grandpappy

Thesaurus
Methuselah, abba, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservative, daddy, dodo, elder, father, fogy, fossil, foster father, fud, fuddy-duddy, genitor, governor, granny, has-been, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer, pa, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, sire, square, starets, stepfather, the old man, traditionalist

Alternative forms

 * ,, Dad

Etymology
From dadd:, dadde:, perhaps of  origin, compare Welsh and Gaelic dad, tad; possibly related to Russian дядя:.

Translations

 * Finnish: isäukko, faija
 * Polish: ,


 * Russian:, тятя obsolete, ,


 * Finnish: isi
 * Polish:, , (diminutive) tatuś


 * Russian:, тятя obsolete, ,


 * Finnish: pappa


 * Russian: папаша


 * : pa, papa
 * : aitatxo
 * Chinese:
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * Chinese:
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * : बाप, अब्बा, बाबा, बापू, पिताजी
 * : ឳ
 * : ឳ
 * : ឳ
 * : ឳ
 * : ឳ


 * : тато, тате
 * :, ബാപ്പ
 * :, คุณพ่อ
 * : tata’
 * : тато, татусь
 * :, ابا, باپ, دادا
 * :, , , thầy,
 * : fatül
 * :, คุณพ่อ
 * : tata’
 * : тато, татусь
 * :, ابا, باپ, دادا
 * :, , , thầy,
 * : fatül
 * : fatül

Anagrams

 * add, ADD

Noun
dad



Noun

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

Noun

 * 1) father

Etymology
Akin to Irish dada:, tada:.

Noun

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

Noun
dad


 * 1) Soft mutated form of