English

Pronunciation
p�-tû(r)'n�l, /p�'t��(r)n�l/, /p@"t3:(r)n@l/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin paternalis, from Classical Latin paternus, from pater meaning "father."

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; contrasted with maternal; as, "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).
2. fatherly|Fatherly; behaving as a father.
3. receive|Received or inherited from one's father.
4. Commit|committed by a father; as, "paternal filicide" (murder of a son by his father).

Derived terms
paternal aunt
paternal cousin
paternal filicide
paternal grandfather
paternal grandmother
paternal uncle

Antonyms

maternal

Translations

Chinese:
:Simplified: �亲
:Traditional: �親
:Pinyin: fuqing
Dutch: vaderlijk
French: paternel m, paternelle f
German: väterlich
Greek: �α��ικ�� (patrikós) m, �α��ική (patriké) f, �α��ικ� (patrikó) n
Icelandic: föðurlegur m, föðurleg f, föðurlegt n, föður|föður- m|f|n
Italian: paterno m, paterna f}', paterni {{m|p, paterne m|p
mid
Japanese:
:Kanji: ��
:Hiragana: ���
:Romaji: fusei
Korean:
:Hangul: ���
:Romaja: abeoji
Latin: (Classical Latin) paternus m, paterna f, paternum n; (Vulgar and Modern Latin) paternalis m|f, paternale n
Russian: по-о��ов�ки po-ottsovski invariable
Spanish: paternal m|f

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