co-father

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person in the relationship of a godfather to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child. obsolete
    — A man invites a good friend, or an important man who might help him, to become his co-father.
  2. In a male homosexual couple, the nonbiological father (partner of the biological father) of a child.
    — gay co-fathers and their children are never sure of finding acceptance in straight communities.
动词 v.
  1. To co-create figuratively
    — Together, we, the contributors gathered here, have co-fathered a child — and it's a boy. He is strong and healthy and eager to be in this world.

词形变化

co-fathers plural co-fathers present,singular,third-person co-fathering participle,present co-fathered participle,past co-fathered past

词源

词源 1
From co- + father, in sense 1 as a calque of Latin compater, French compère.
词源 2
From co- + father, in sense 1 as a calque of Latin compater, French compère.
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