Father's Day
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- noun
- /ˈfɑːðərz deɪ/
:
día del padre
- Many people buy gifts for their fathers to show appreciation on Father's Day.
- celebrate Father's Day
- Happy Father's Day
- a Father's Day card
Examples
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Steve gave it to Dad for Father's Day.
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Grant got a new grill for Father's Day and wants to break it in.
Fiction book (2000) -
You wrote that on my first Father's Day card.
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We were gonna spend Father's Day there, but, uh, work happened.
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Look, my daughter gave it to me for Father's Day.
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Some people recognize Father's Day as a holiday.
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Yesterday, my family of three marked Father's Day with little fanfare.
Blog text (25) -
For Father's Day, my wife and I took them both to dinner at Gabriel's in Highwood.
Fiction book (2001) -
The month of June is filled with all kinds of gatherings: Father's Day, graduation, and weddings.
Blog text (18) -
My... my father and I, we've been making pickled eggs in celebration of Father's Day.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Father's + day
The meaning is directly inferable from the constituents: 'Father's' indicates something belonging to or honoring fathers and 'day' indicates a special calendar day, so a B1 learner who knows both words can deduce it is a day for fathers. This formation (e.g. Mother's Day, Father's Day) is cross-linguistically common, reinforcing its transparency.
Etymology
Father's Day began in the early 1900s when people wanted a day like Mother's Day to 'honor' their 'fathers'. One popular story says a daughter asked for a special day to thank the father who raised his children alone, and that's why Father's Day now means a holiday for fathers.