Dad
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dad¹
- /dæd/
Sounds like Dad · Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare West Frisian deite (“dad, daddy”), Swabian Dede (“Godfather”).
* Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
* Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.
* Possibly from a metathetic variation of a hypothetical Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).
noun dads · dadde
- A father, a male parent. His dad was always there for him.
- Used to address one's father; often capitalized. Happy Father's Day, dad!
- Used to address an older adult male.
verb dads · dadding · dadded · dadde
- To be a father to; to parent.
- To act like a dad.
dad²
- /dæd/
Sounds like Dad · Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
From dade (“to strike heavily”), dade (“a heavy blow or thud”). Probably onomatopoeic.
noun dads · dod · dodge · dadge
- A lump or piece.
- A blow; act of striking something.
verb dads · dadding · dadded · dod · dodge
- To throw against something; to dash.
dad³
- /dæd/
Sounds like Dad · Rhymes with -æd
noun dads
- Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”).daad
Dad⁴
- /dæd/
Sounds like dad · Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
Proprialisation of dad.
proper noun
- One’s father. Dad told me to go out and mow the lawn.
DAD⁵
noun
- A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium.
- Acronym of diffuse alveolar damage.diffuse alveolar damage
- Acronym of Dutch angel dragon.Dutch angel dragon
proper noun
- Initialism of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (early title of Dragon Age: The Veilguard).Dragon Age Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.
