dad

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'dad', 'Dad': /ˈdæd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dæd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dad)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dad1 /dæd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable][Informal.]
  1. father.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dad1  (dad),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
  1. father.
  • probably origin, originally nursery word 1490–1500

dad2  (dad),USA pronunciation interj. [Informal.]
  1. God (used in combination in mild oaths):dad-blamed; dad-gummed.
  • euphemism for God 1670–80

dad3  (dad),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]
  1. a solid blow or knock.
  2. a large slice, lump, or portion.
  • probably variant of dab1 1710–20

ḍad  (däd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Linguisticsthe 15th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  • Arabic

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dad /dæd/ n
  1. an informal word for father
Etymology: 16th Century: childish word; compare Greek tata, Sanskrit tatas
'dad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Synonyms: daddy, papa, father, pa, pop, more...
Collocations: was a [great, wonderful, terrible] dad, a [soccer, working, stay-at-home, modern] dad, my [deadbeat, embarrassing] dad, more...

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