dad

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

Word Origin

dad (n.)
recorded from c. 1500, but probably much older, from child's speech, nearly universal and probably prehistoric (compare Welsh tad, Irish daid, Czech, Latin, Greek tata, Lithuanian tete, Sanskrit tatah, all of the same meaning).

Antonym

n.

mom

Example

1. A is dad coming to the meeting ?
2. Your dad 's gone and killed our publisher .
3. My dad sometimes will join me on photo shoots .
4. Your dad was married eight times .
5. Mom and dad fought even more .

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