paternité

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin paternitātem (“paternity, fatherhood”), from paternus (“relating to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tɛʁ.ni.te/

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Noun

paternité f (plural paternités)

1. fatherhood
2. authorship

Derived terms

• congé de paternité

See also

• maternité
• sororité
• fraternité

Further reading

• “paternité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• patienter, pénétrait, prêtaient, repentait