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fatherhood

Syllables: fa·ther·hood/ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊd/US/ˈfɑ.ðɚˌhʊd/

fatherhood noun: the state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).

Noun

fatherhood (countable and uncountable, plural fatherhoods)

  1. The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).

fatherhood meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Tagalog

fatherhood in Hindi

being a father
पितृत्व pitŕtva

fatherhood in Telugu

being a father
పితృత్వము pitr̥tvamu

fatherhood in Kannada

ತಂದೆತನ

fatherhood in Tagalog

being a father
pagkaama
More languagesFewer languages
fatherhood in Arabic
أُبُوَّة ʔubuwwa

Synonyms of fatherhood

Forms of fatherhood

pluralfatherhoods

Origin of fatherhood

From Middle English faderhode, fadirhode, fadirhede, equivalent to father + -hood.

Questions about fatherhood

What does fatherhood mean?
Fatherhood means the state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).
What is fatherhood in Hindi?
Fatherhood in Hindi is पितृत्व (pitŕtva). See Fatherhood meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fatherhood?
Fatherhood is a noun.
How do you pronounce fatherhood?
Fatherhood is pronounced /ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of fatherhood?
The plural of fatherhood is fatherhoods.

Words near fatherhood in the dictionary

  1. fatherer
  2. fatherers
  3. fatherese
  4. fatherfucker
  5. fatherfuckers
  6. fatherhood
  7. fatherhoods
  8. fathering
  9. fatherkin
  10. fatherkins
  11. fatherland

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fatherhood (page history and authors); fatherhood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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