paternal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Spanish 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-tû(r)'nəl, IPA: /pə'tɜː(r)nəl/, SAMPA: /p@"t3:(r)n@l/
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[edit] Etymology

From Old French paternal (“‘of a father’”) (12c.), a learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin paternalis, from Classical Latin paternus, from pater (“‘father’”).

[edit] Adjective

paternal (comparative more paternal, superlative most paternal)

1. Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; as, "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).
2. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
3. Received or inherited from one's father.
4. Acting as a father; as in "paternal filicide" (murder of a son committed by his father).

[edit] Derived terms

• paternalism
• paternalistic
• paternally
• paternal aunt
• paternal cousin
• paternal filicide
• paternal grandfather
• paternal grandmother
• paternal uncle

[edit] Antonyms

• maternal

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaelnprt
• parental
• prenatal

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

paternal m. and f. (plural paternales)

1. paternal