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

Declension of tată
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), 2004–2025
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