city fathers in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for city fathers in the English»Italian Dictionary

city fathers [ˌsɪtɪˈfɑːðəz] N npl

city fathers

notabili m della città

Translations for city fathers in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.father [Brit ˈfɑːðə, Am ˈfɑðər] N

1. father (parent):

father

padre m

to be like a father to sb

essere come un padre per qn

from father to son

di padre in figlio

2. father (ancestor):

father

padre m

father

antenato m

father

avo m

land of our fathers

terra dei nostri padri or avi

3. father (originator):

father

padre m

father

fondatore m

the father of the motor car, of English theatre

il padre dell'automobile, del teatro inglese

4. father REL (God):

Father

Padre m

the Our Father (prayer)

il Padre Nostro

God the Father

Dio Padre

5. father (title for priest):

Father

padre m

Father Smith

padre Smith

thank you, Father

grazie, padre

II.father [Brit ˈfɑːðə, Am ˈfɑðər] VB trans

father child:

father

generare, procreare

III.father [Brit ˈfɑːðə, Am ˈfɑðər]

like father like son

tale (il) padre, tale (il) figlio

the father and mother of a row inf

un violento litigio

city [Brit ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪdi] The City N

1. city:

city

città f

the medieval city

la città medievale

the medieval city before n street, people, life

cittadino, di città

2. city (population):

city

città f

city

cittadinanza f

3. city Brit:

the City

la City (di Londra)

See also The City

The City Info

The City

Forma abbreviata di the City of London. Occupa l'insediamento originario di Londra e costituisce una municipality (unità amministrativa autonoma), con a capo il Lord Mayor (il sindaco di Londra). The City indica anche il centro il finanziario di Londra (detto anche Square Mile, perché occupa un'area di circa un miglio quadrato), sede di banche, istituti finanziari e assicurativi e della Borsa.

city fathers in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for city fathers in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.father [ˈfɑ:·ðɚ] N

1. father (parent):

father

padre m

from father to son

di padre in figlio

to be like a father to sb

essere come un padre per qu

on your father's side

da parte di padre

2. father (founder):

father

padre m

3. father pl liter (ancestors):

father

antenati m pl

Phrases:

like father, like son

tale padre, tale figlio

II.father [ˈfɑ:·ðɚ] VB trans

father child

diventare padre di

father idea

concepire

I.city <-ies> [ˈsɪ·t̬i] N

city

città f

II.city <-ies> [ˈsɪ·t̬i] ADJ

city landscape

urbano, -a

city life

di città

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Thanks to the foresight of city fathers and years of struggle by civic champions, the waterfront is lined with a glorious string of public parks.

www.theglobeandmail.com

City fathers did not want him to store munitions locally.

www.dailyfreeman.com

As a result, the city fathers applied for national funds and established programs to help the town.

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City fathers were proud of new decorative streetlights, seen on the corner, installed in 1911.

billingsgazette.com

Later in the local pharmacy, some of the city fathers were discussing the problem of lack of people coming to reside in the town.

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The city fathers decided that the advantage of having the mall there was overshadowed by the cost of fixing the storm water situation and declined.

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Although the frame village hall survived, city fathers believed that a new fireproof structure with space for a fire station would be in the best interests of the community.

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City fathers were unabashed proponents of civic promotion.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

A governor was to be appointed by the city fathers.

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City fathers said such incidents could be avoided through the adopt-a-road concept, which they believed will also save ratepayers millions.

www.thezimbabwedaily.com