paternal

English

Etymology

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From Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12c.), a learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Classical Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-tû(r)'nəl, IPA^(key): /pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

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

   paternal grandfather

2. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
3. Received or inherited from one's father.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     their small paternal field of corn

4. Acting as a father

   paternal filicide

Antonyms

• maternal – mother

Coordinate terms

• avuncular – uncle
• maternal – mother
• materteral – aunt

Derived terms

Derived terms

• paternal aunt
• paternal cousin
• paternal grandfather
• paternal grandmother

• paternalism
• paternalistic
• paternally
• paternal uncle

Translations

of or pertaining to one's father

• Arabic: أَبَوِيّ (ʔabawiyy)
• Armenian: հայրական (hy) (hayrakan), հայրենի (hy) (hayreni)
• Catalan: patern (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 父親的／父亲的, 父亲的 (fùqin-de), 父系 (zh) (fùxì), 母系 (zh) (mǔxì)

• Czech: otcovský m
• Dutch: vaderlijk (nl)
• Finnish: isänpuoleinen
• French: paternel (fr)
• German: väterlich (de)
• Greek: πατρικός (el) (patrikós)

  Ancient: πατρικός (patrikós)

• Hungarian: apai (hu), atyai (hu)
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• Japanese: 父性 (ja) (ふせい, fusei), 父方の (ちちかたの, chichikata-no)
• Latin: paternālis, paternus
• Lithuanian: tėvinis
• Persian: پدری (fa) (pedari)
• Polish: ojcowski (pl)
• Portuguese: paterno (pt)
• Romanian: patern (ro)
• Russian: отцо́вский (ru) (otcóvskij), оте́ческий (ru) (otéčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: taobh athar
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī (sh), òčev (sh)
• Spanish: paterno
• Tajik: падарӣ (padarī)

fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father

• Armenian: հայրական (hy) (hayrakan)
• Dutch: vaderlijk (nl)
• Finnish: isällinen (fi)
• French: paternel (fr)
• Greek: πατρικός (el) (patrikós)
• Hungarian: atyai (hu)
• Latin: paternus
• Lithuanian: tėviškas
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• Persian: پدرانه (fa) (pedarâne)
• Portuguese: paterno (pt)
• Russian: отцовский (ru) (otcovskij), оте́ческий (ru) (otéčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī (sh)
• Spanish: paternal (es)
• Tajik: падарона (tg) (padarona)
• Turkish: babacan (tr), pederane (tr)

received or inherited from one's father

• Armenian: հայրական (hy) (hayrakan), հայրենի (hy) (hayreni)
• Dutch: van vaderskant
• Finnish: isänpuoleinen
• French: paternel (fr)
• Greek: πατρικός (el) (patrikós)
• Hungarian: apai (hu), atyai (hu)
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• Latin: paternus
• Portuguese: paterno (pt)
• Russian: отцовский (ru) (otcovskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī (sh)
• Turkish: babacan (tr)

acting as a father

• Dutch: vaderlijk (nl)
• Finnish: isän tekemä
• Greek: πατρικός (el) (patrikós)
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• Hungarian: apai (hu), atyai (hu)
• Russian: отцо́вский (ru) (otcóvskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī (sh)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} föðurlegur (is), ^{(please verify)} föður-
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} paterno (it) m
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 아버지 (ko)

Anagrams

• parental, prenatal

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paternālis. Compare the descended term paternel.

Adjective

paternal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular paternale)

1. paternal

Declension

Declension of paternal

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	paternaus	paternale	paternal
	Oblique	paternal			paternale	paternal
Plural	Subject	paternal	paternales		paternal
	Oblique	paternaus			paternales	paternal

Descendants

• English: paternal

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Spanish

Adjective

paternal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paternales)

1. paternal, fatherly