daddy
English
/ˈdædi/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) Father.
- (informal) A male lover.
- (dated) An informal term of address for a man.
- (slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
Etymology
Affix from English dad (father).
Origin
English
dad
Gloss
father
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
父
Emoji
🎅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biodad English
- dad English
- dadbod English
- daddish English
- daddy-o English
- daddyhood English
- daddyish English
- daddykins English
- dadhood English
- dadless English
- dadlike English
- dadly English
- dadness English
- dadpreneur English
- dadrock English
- dadship English
- granddad English
- granddaddy English
- insta-dad English
- sky English
- sky daddy English
- stepdad English
- stepdaddy English
- Dad German
- dadd Middle English
- daid Irish
- daidí Irish
- deaide Irish
- Daadi Pennsylvania German
- dedi Kriol