paternal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12th c.), from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).
Inflected forms:
form: more paternal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most paternal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: paternall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
pos: adj
examples: paternal grandfather
It was with a natural touch of pride that Norbourne Courtenaye paced his paternal hall, while waiting for his uncle, with whom he was going to ride.
The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
gloss: Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
pos: adj
examples: Thus, ere the ſeeds of vice were ſown, / Liv'd men in better ages born, / Who plow'd with oxen of their own / Their ſmall paternal field of corn.
gloss: Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
pos: adj
Derived words: allopaternal
antipaternal
bipaternal
grandpaternal
heteropaternal
homopaternal
monopaternal
nonpaternal
paternal aunt
paternal cousin
paternal custody
paternal grandchild
paternal grandfather
paternal grandmother
paternal half aunt
paternal half-uncle
paternalise
paternalism
paternalist
paternalistic
paternalization
paternalize
paternally
paternalness
paternal orphan
paternal uncle
unpaternal
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أَبَوِيّ
roman: ʔabawiyy
lang: Armenian
word: հայրական
roman: hayrakan
lang: Armenian
word: հայրենի
roman: hayreni
lang: Belarusian
word: ба́цькаўскі
roman: bácʹkawski
lang: Belarusian
word: бацько́ўскі
roman: bacʹkówski
lang: Belarusian
word: ба́цькаў
roman: bácʹkaw
lang: Belarusian
word: айцо́ўскі
roman: ajcówski
lang: Bulgarian
word: ба́щин
roman: báštin
lang: Bulgarian
word: ба́щински
roman: báštinski
lang: Catalan
word: patern
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 父親的 /父亲的
roman: fùqin de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 父系
roman: fùxì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 母系
roman: mǔxì
lang: Czech
word: otcovský
lang: Danish
word: faderlig
lang: Dutch
word: vaderlijk
lang: Finnish
word: isänpuoleinen
lang: French
word: paternel
lang: German
word: väterlich
lang: Greek
word: πατρικός
roman: patrikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πατρικός
roman: patrikós
lang: Hindi
word: पैतृक
roman: paitŕk
lang: Hungarian
word: apai
lang: Hungarian
word: atyai
lang: Italian
word: paterno
lang: Japanese
word: 父性
roman: fusei
lang: Japanese
word: 父方の
roman: chichikata no
lang: Latin
word: paternālis
lang: Latin
word: paternus
lang: Lithuanian
word: tėvinis
lang: Macedonian
word: татковски
roman: tatkovski
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: faderlig
lang: Old English
word: fæderen
lang: Persian
word: پدری
roman: pedari
lang: Polish
word: ojcowski
lang: Portuguese
word: paterno
lang: Romanian
word: patern
lang: Russian
word: отцо́вский
roman: otcóvskij
lang: Russian
word: оте́ческий
roman: otéčeskij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: taobh athar
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̏чӣнскӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀чев
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȍčīnskī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òčev
lang: Slovak
word: otcovský
lang: Slovene
word: očetovski
lang: Spanish
word: paterno
lang: Swedish
word: faderlig
lang: Tajik
word: падарӣ
roman: padari
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پدری
roman: pederî
lang: Ukrainian
word: ба́тьківський
roman: bátʹkivsʹkyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: оте́цький
roman: otécʹkyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: ба́тьків
roman: bátʹkiv
lang: Ukrainian
word: отце́вий
roman: otcévyj