paternal

English

Etymology

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/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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.
    • Dryden
      their small paternal field of corn
  4. Acting as a father
    paternal filicide

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Anagrams

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

Spanish

Adjective

paternal (plural paternales)

  1. paternal, fatherly
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