father

père, papa

Parent masculin d’un enfant, ou homme qui l’élève et s’en occupe comme un père.

En anglais simple : A male parent, or a man who raises and cares for a child as a parent.

• My father works in a hospital.
• Her father taught her to swim.
• Many fathers share childcare equally with mothers.

Synonymes : dad, male parent

Expressions courantes : my father, father of someone, single father, loving father

père

Façon respectueuse de s’adresser à un homme âgé.

En anglais simple : A respectful way of speaking to an older man.

• Sit here, father, and rest.
• Good father, may I help you across the road?
• Tell us, father, what life was like here long ago.

Expressions courantes : come father, good father

engendrer

Être l’homme dont le sperme permet de concevoir un enfant.

En anglais simple : To be the man whose sperm produces a child.

• He fathered three children.
• Who fathered her first child?
• The bull has fathered many healthy calves.

Synonymes : sire, beget

Expressions courantes : father a child, father children, father a son