paternal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈtɜː.nəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /pəˈtɜɹ.nəl/
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• Australian: /pəˈtɜː.nəl/
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• New-Zealand: /pəˈtøː.nəl/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH0 T ER1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَبَوِيّ (ʔabawiyy) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Armenian: հայրական (hayrakan) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Armenian: հայրենի (hayreni) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkawski) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Belarusian: бацько́ўскі (bacʹkówski) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Belarusian: ба́цькаў (bácʹkaw) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Belarusian: айцо́ўскі (ajcówski) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Bulgarian: ба́щин (báštin) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Bulgarian: ба́щински (báštinski) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Catalan: patern — of or pertaining to one's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 父親的 /父亲的 (fùqin de) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 父系 (fùxì) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Chinese Mandarin: 母系 (mǔxì) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Czech: otcovský — of or pertaining to one's father
• Danish: faderlig — of or pertaining to one's father
• Dutch: vaderlijk — of or pertaining to one's father
• Finnish: isänpuoleinen — of or pertaining to one's father
• French: paternel — of or pertaining to one's father
• German: väterlich — of or pertaining to one's father
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ancient Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Hungarian: apai — of or pertaining to one's father
• Hungarian: atyai — of or pertaining to one's father
• Italian: paterno — of or pertaining to one's father
• Japanese: 父性 (fusei) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Japanese: 父方の (chichikata no) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Latin: paternālis — of or pertaining to one's father
• Latin: paternus — of or pertaining to one's father
• Lithuanian: tėvinis — of or pertaining to one's father
• Macedonian: татковски (tatkovski) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Norwegian Bokmål: faderlig — of or pertaining to one's father
• Old English: fæderen — of or pertaining to one's father
• Persian: پدری (pedari) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Polish: ojcowski — of or pertaining to one's father
• Portuguese: paterno — of or pertaining to one's father
• Romanian: patern — of or pertaining to one's father
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Russian: оте́ческий (otéčeskij) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Scottish Gaelic: taobh athar — of or pertaining to one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏чӣнскӣ — of or pertaining to one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀чев — of or pertaining to one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī — of or pertaining to one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: òčev — of or pertaining to one's father
• Slovak: otcovský — of or pertaining to one's father
• Slovene: očetovski — of or pertaining to one's father
• Spanish: paterno — of or pertaining to one's father
• Swedish: faderlig — of or pertaining to one's father
• Tajik: падарӣ (padari) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ottoman Turkish: پدری (pederî) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ukrainian: оте́цький (otécʹkyj) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ukrainian: ба́тьків (bátʹkiv) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Ukrainian: отце́вий (otcévyj) — of or pertaining to one's father
• Arabic: أَبَوِيّ (ʔabawiyy) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Armenian: հայրական (hayrakan) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkawski) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Belarusian: бацько́ўскі (bacʹkówski) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Belarusian: айцо́ўскі (ajcówski) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Bulgarian: ба́щински (báštinski) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Czech: otcovský — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Danish: faderlig — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Danish: alfaderlig — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Dutch: vaderlijk — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Finnish: isällinen — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• French: paternel — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Hungarian: atyai — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Latin: paternus — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Lithuanian: tėviškas — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Macedonian: татковски (tatkovski) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Persian: پدرانه (pedarâne) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Polish: ojcowski — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Portuguese: paterno — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Russian: оте́ческий (otéčeskij) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏чӣнскӣ — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Slovak: otcovský — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Slovene: očetovski — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Spanish: paternal — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Tajik: падарона (padarona) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Turkish: babacan — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Turkish: pederane — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Ottoman Turkish: پدری (pederî) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Ukrainian: оте́цький (otécʹkyj) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Ukrainian: отце́вий (otcévyj) — fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
• Armenian: հայրական (hayrakan) — received or inherited from one's father
• Armenian: հայրենի (hayreni) — received or inherited from one's father
• Bulgarian: ба́щин (báštin) — received or inherited from one's father
• Czech: otcovský — received or inherited from one's father
• Dutch: van vaderskant — received or inherited from one's father
• Dutch: paternaal — received or inherited from one's father
• Finnish: isänpuoleinen — received or inherited from one's father
• French: paternel — received or inherited from one's father
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — received or inherited from one's father
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — received or inherited from one's father
• Hungarian: apai — received or inherited from one's father
• Hungarian: atyai — received or inherited from one's father
• Latin: paternus — received or inherited from one's father
• Polish: po mieczu — received or inherited from one's father
• Portuguese: paterno — received or inherited from one's father
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — received or inherited from one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏чӣнскӣ — received or inherited from one's father
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī — received or inherited from one's father
• Slovak: otcovský — received or inherited from one's father
• Turkish: babacan — received or inherited from one's father
• Danish: faderlig — acting as a father
• Dutch: vaderlijk — acting as a father
• Finnish: isän tekemä — acting as a father
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — acting as a father
• Hungarian: apai — acting as a father
• Hungarian: atyai — acting as a father
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — acting as a father
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī — acting as a father