# co-father

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person in the relationship of a godfather to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
2. In a male homosexual couple, the nonbiological father (partner of the biological father) of a child.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/co-father