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Meaning of "paternal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PATERNAL

From Late Latin paternālis, from Latin pater father.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PATERNAL

paternal  [pəˈtɜːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATERNAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paternal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PATERNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paternal

Paternal bond

A paternal bond refers to the relationship between a father and his child. In the U.S., legal paternity is presumed for the husband of the mother unless a separate action is taken; an unmarried man may establish paternity by signing a voluntary recognition of paternity or by taking court action. Paternity may also be established between a man and a younger person, commonly in adoption, without the two being biologically related.

Definition of paternal in the English dictionary

The first definition of paternal in the dictionary is relating to or characteristic of a father, esp in showing affection, encouragement, etc; fatherly. Other definition of paternal is related through the father. Paternal is also inherited or derived from the male parent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATERNAL


asternal
æˈstɜːnəl
coeternal
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnəl
colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
diuturnal
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnəl
episternal
ˌɛpɪˈstɜːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
eviternal
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
fraternal
frəˈtɜːnəl
hesternal
hɛˈstɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
kernel
ˈkɜːnəl
maternal
məˈtɜːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
sempiternal
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl
sternal
ˈstɜːnəl
substernal
sʌbˈstɜːnəl
ternal
ˈtɜːnəl
unmaternal
ˌʌnməˈtɜːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATERNAL

patentor
pater
patera
paterero
paterfamilias
paternal grandfather
paternal grandmother
paternal grandparents
paternalism
paternalist
paternalistic
paternalistically
paternally
paternity
paternity leave
paternity order
paternity suit
paternity test
paternoster
paternoster line

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATERNAL

bimaternal
carnal
cisternal
confraternal
contubernal
cothurnal
diurnal
hibernal
hodiernal
house journal
semidiurnal
supernal
tarnal
trade journal
urnal
vernal

Synonyms and antonyms of paternal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PATERNAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «paternal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of paternal

Translation of «paternal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATERNAL

Find out the translation of paternal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paternal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paternal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

父亲的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paternal
570 millions of speakers

English

paternal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैतृक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отцовской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paternal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paterero
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paternel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paterero
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

väterlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

父親らしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아버지로서의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paterero
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về cha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paterero
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाटेरो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paterero
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paterno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ojcowski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

батьковій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πατρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaderlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paternal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faderlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paternal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATERNAL»

The term «paternal» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATERNAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paternal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paternal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paternal

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10 QUOTES WITH «PATERNAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word paternal.
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Clyde Edgerton
In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.
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Joel Edgerton
I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.
3
Horton Foote
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr.
4
Peter R. Grant
Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song.
5
Jessica Hagedorn
I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a Filipino mother and a father who was Scotch Irish-French; you know, white American hybrid. And I also have on my father's side a great-great-grandmother who was Chinese. So, I'm a hybrid.
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Theodor Herzl
The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself.
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Stephen Lang
In the movies, I loved Errol Flynn whether he was playing a soldier or a pirate. I dug pirates. In fact, my first exposure to live performances was when my paternal grandfather took me to a D'Oyly Carte performance of 'The Pirates of Penzance' which impresario Sol Hurok imported from London. I loved every minute of it.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.
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Zarin Mehta
My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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J. R. Moehringer
Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATERNAL»

Discover the use of paternal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paternal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paternal Tyranny
Paternal Tyranny, the first of these works, is a fiery but carefully argued manifesto against the oppression of women by the Venetian patriarchy.
Arcangela Tarabotti, 2007
2
Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior
Explores the scientific side of fatherhood, revealing that it alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile.
Peter B. Gray, Kermyt G. Anderson, 2010
3
Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary ...
With sections including mate guarding, intra-vaginal tactics and paternity assessment, this book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in behavioral biology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, anthropology, sociology, ...
Steven M. Platek, Todd K. Shackelford, 2006
4
Fathers and Families: Paternal Factors in Child Development
This is a needed and timely work essential to understanding fathers' roles and potential in family life.
Henry B. Biller, 1993
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Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, ...
"Colonial Citizens" highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established.
Elizabeth Thompson, 2013
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My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Paternal Responsibility
"Fatherlessness" has become a byword in public debate and policymaking, yet fundamental questions about unmarried parents and their ideas of paternal responsibility remain unanswered.In My Baby's Father, Maureen R. Waller draws on ...
Maureen Rosamond Waller, 2002
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Rare Paternal Plastid Inheritance in Arabidopsis
Two components needed to accomplish this study were a plastid-encoded, spectinomycin resistant mutant as the pollen parent and plastid markers to identify the origin of the plastids in the hybrid seed progeny obtained from the crosses.
Arun K. Azhagiri, 2007
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Father Involvement, Paternal Sensitivity and Father-child ...
This study examined the associations among father involvement, fathers' parenting sensitivity, and father-child attachment security when children were 13 months and 3 years of age.
Geoffrey Lloyd Brown, 2008
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Paternal Experiences After a Perinatal Loss
Pregnancy loss and stillbirth affect approximately 2 million families a year in the United States (American Pregnancy Statistics, 2000-2007), accounting for the loss of one third of identified pregnancies.
Eileen Joy Colon, 2008
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Maternal and Paternal Differences in Parental Stress Levels ...
Parents completed assessment measures including the Parenting Stress Index Short Form, Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents, Marital Satisfaction Inventory Revised, and the Behavior Assessment Scales for Children.
Paulette D. Civick, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATERNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paternal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Share “Alfre Woodard to be featured on new season...”
Woodard, an Oscar nominee and 2014 Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee, strives to find out more about the paternal side of her family, and ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
2
James "Jim" DeWayne Dudley Jr.
... two sisters, Tami (Jeff) Johnson of Dixon, and Lori (Dan Snow) Dudley of Shannon; paternal grandmother, Jean Dudley; 10 nieces, Chandra ... «SaukValley.com, Jul 15»
3
Joseph N. Eisch
... half brother Xavier Lind of Montana, and Brandon Delano of Lyons Falls, NY, one sister, Alanna Delano of Watertown, paternal grandparents, ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
4
11 Arrested in Nepal in Possible Ritual Killing of Boy
“Nobody took him seriously,” said Ram Baran Kohar, Jivan's paternal grandfather, who was at the gathering. Jivan's body was discovered ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Meet the cast of Partners in Crime: The Secret Adversary
Carter has a paternal relationship with his hapless nephew Tommy, and tries to protect him the best he can. It's not always easy... Where have ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
6
Details Announced for Celebration of Jillian Johnson
... her step-daughter, Paxton Azella Myles-Brown; her parents, Jackie and Sally Johnson; her brother, Bram Johnson; her paternal grandmother ... «NOLA Defender, Jul 15»
7
Adalayde Grace Cabic
In addition to her parents she is survived by two brothers, Xander and Zayden Poling, both of Buckhanon; paternal grandmother, Tammy ... «Record Delta, Jul 15»
8
Allen E. Duncan
His paternal grandparents were William A. and Mary Harris Duncan, who formerly lived on Sears Hill in Staunton, where Allen was born. «Staunton News Leader, Jul 15»
9
Helen Mirren is 70
Mirren's paternal grandfather, Colonel Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, was in the Imperial Russian Army and fought in the 1904 Russo-Japanese ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
10
Dwight Sage
He was preceded in death by his baby brother, Jeremiah Sage; his paternal grandparents, Sylvan and Otter Louise Holding Eagle-Sage; and ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»

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