pater C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈpeɪtər/ UK /ˈpeɪtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun father, used as a dated or jocular British term He always referred to his stern pater with mock formality. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · father, used as a dated or... fatherpapadadsirepa ↔ Opposites matermother Word family Related forms paternalpaternitypatriarch Etymology AI details Borrowed directly from Latin pater 'father', from the Proto-Indo-European root pəter- 'father'; in British schoolboy and upper-class slang it denoted one's father. pater Latin *ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pater **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpeɪtər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpeɪtə/ ## Meanings 1. father, used as a dated or jocular British term ## Examples - He always referred to his stern pater with mock formality. ## Synonyms - father - papa - dad - sire - pa ## Antonyms - mater - mother ## Related Forms - paternal - paternity - patriarch ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pater - Root: *ph₂tḗr ## Etymology Borrowed directly from Latin pater 'father', from the Proto-Indo-European root pəter- 'father'; in British schoolboy and upper-class slang it denoted one's father. ## AI Etymology Pater is borrowed directly from Latin pater 'father', from the Proto-Indo-European root pəter- 'father'; in British schoolboy and upper-class slang it denoted one's father. Important recorded forms include pater (Latin) and *ph₂tḗr (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers father, used as a dated or jocular British term. The wider family includes related words such as paternal, paternity, and patriarch. ## Topics - Family & Relationships - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown