tată

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tata"

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tata.

Noun

tată m (plural tătǫni)

  1. father

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tata,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tatás. Compare Aromanian tatã, Dalmatian tuota (“father”), Neapolitan tata (“father”); cf. also Albanian tatë. It was possibly reinforced by the similar South Slavic term (e.g. Serbo-Croatian tata (“dad”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈta.tə]
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Noun

tată m (plural tați)

  1. father
    Acesta e tatăl meu.
    This is my father.
    Contrar credinței populare, copiii au nevoie de tați.
    Contrary to popular belief, children need fathers.

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tată tatăl tați tații
genitive-dative tată tatălui tați taților
vocative tată taților

Derived terms

  • tătân

See also

References

  1. ^ “tată”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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