pater
/ˈpeɪtə/US/ˈpeɪtɚ/
pater noun: father.
Noun
pater (plural paters)
- Father.
- Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
He spends the good oof that his pater has made
Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.1900, Harry B. Norris, “Burlington Bertie” - The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me. I'm a thing which every decent middle-class person hates, a problem, like the unemployed, you know, or the ex-soldier. We are always in such a hurry to forget uncomfortable things, and I'm an uncomfortable thing. Poor...1923, Warwick Deeping, The Secret Sanctuary, e-artnow, published 2021
- Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
Proper noun capitalized: Pater
Pater
- A surname
Examples of pater in a sentence
- The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me.1923, Warwick Deeping, The Secret Sanctuary, e-artnow, published 2021:
- Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later1985, Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss, “Holding Back the Years”, in Picture Book, performed by Simply Red:
Forms of pater
| plural | paters |
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Origin of pater
Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.
Words formed from pater
Phrases with pater
Words that rhyme with pater
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
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- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
Questions about pater
- What does pater mean?
- Pater means father.
- How do you use pater in a sentence?
- The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me.
- What part of speech is pater?
- Pater can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pater?
- Pater is pronounced /ˈpeɪtɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of pater?
- The plural of pater is paters.
Words near pater in the dictionary
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