padre

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English

Etymology

From Italian padre, Spanish padre, Portuguese padre (priest), from Latin pater (father). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, pater, and père.

Pronunciation

Noun

padre (plural padres or padri)

  1. A military clergyman.
  2. A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
    • 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas, Waco, TX: Texian Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 62:
      The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Pronunciation

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

  1. father
    Synonym:

Chavacano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpadɾe/,
  • Hyphenation: pa‧dre

Noun

padre

  1. priest

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish padre (father, priest), from Latin pater.

Noun

pādre

  1. a Christian priest

References

  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese padre, from Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (father), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

Noun

padre m (plural padres)

  1. father
    Synonym: pai
  2. priest (Catholic or Orthodox)

References

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian patre, from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

Noun

padre m (plural padri, pejorative (usually jocular) padraccio)

  1. father

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: padre

See also

Further reading

  • padre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • padre in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

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Ladino

Noun

padre m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאדרי)

  1. father

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    From Latin patrem, accusative singular of pater (father), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    padre m (plural padres, feminine madre, feminine plural madres)

    1. father

    Descendants

    • Galician: padre
    • Portuguese: padre (see there for further descendants)

    Old Spanish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin patrem, singular accusative of pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    padre m (plural padres)

    1. father
      • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11v:
        Vinierõ los ermanos de ioſeph Que murio ſo padre. q̃çab mẽbrara ſo padre q̃l fẏziemos. e tornarnos a todel mal q̃l fẏziemos.
        Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, , “Perhaps he will remember his father what we did to him, and he will repay us all the wrong we did to him.”

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    Portuguese

    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt
    padres

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Old Galician-Portuguese padre (father), from Latin patrem (father), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (father). Doublet of pai.

      Pronunciation

       

      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -adɾi, (Portugal) -adɾɨ
      • Hyphenation: pa‧dre

      Noun

      padre m (plural padres)

      1. ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)
      2. father (term of address for a priest)
      3. (archaic) father (male parent)
        Synonyms: pai, papai

      Descendants

      See also

      Spanish

      Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia es

      Etymology

      Inherited from Latin patrem, pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      padre m (plural padres)

      1. (family) father
        Synonyms: papá, progenitor
      2. (Christianity) father
        Synonyms: cura, párroco, sacerdote

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      Adjective

      padre m or f (masculine and feminine plural padres, superlative padrísimo)

      1. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

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      Further reading

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      Swahili

      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sw

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Portuguese padre.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      padre class V (plural mapadre class VI)

      1. clergyman, priest (especially a Christian one)
        Synonym: (only a Christian priest) kasisi
      2. (chess) bishop

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      Chess pieces in Swahili · kete za sataranji (see also: sataranji, chesi) (layout · text)
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      shaha, shehe, mfalme, kete kuu malkia ngome sataranja, padre farasi, jemadari kitunda

      Tagalog

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Spanish padre, from Latin pater. Doublet of pari.

      Noun

      padre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

      1. father
        Synonyms: ama, tatay
      2. (religion) a term of respectful address for a priest

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      padre (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

      1. Clipping of kompadre.

      Further reading

      • padre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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