patronym

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpætɹəʊnɪm/
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• US: /ˈpætɹoʊnɪm/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AE2 T R AH0 N IH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Equivalent to patro- + -onym.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Erzya: тетялем (teťalem) — name of someone's father
• German: Patronym — name of someone's father
• German: Patronymikon — name of someone's father
• German: Patronymikum — name of someone's father
• German: Vatername — name of someone's father
• German: Vatersname — name of someone's father
• Greek: πατρώνυμο (patrónymo) — name of someone's father
• Icelandic: föðurnafn — name of someone's father
• Icelandic: nafn föðurs — name of someone's father
• Catalan: patrònim — patronymic surname
• Greek: πατρώνυμο (patrónymo) — patronymic surname
• Hungarian: patronima — patronymic surname
• Icelandic: föðurnafn — patronymic surname
• Icelandic: kenninafn dregið af nafni föður — patronymic surname
• Kazakh: әке текті есім (äke tektı esım) — patronymic surname
• Macedonian: патроним (patronim) — patronymic surname
• German: Patronym — linguistics: a patronymic name
• German: Patronymikon — linguistics: a patronymic name
• German: Patronymikum — linguistics: a patronymic name
• German: Vatername — linguistics: a patronymic name
• German: Vatersname — linguistics: a patronymic name
• Greek: πατρωνυμικό (patronymikó) — linguistics: a patronymic name
• Ancient Greek: πατρωνυμικόν (patrōnumikón) — linguistics: a patronymic name
• Latin: nōmen patrōnymicum — linguistics: a patronymic name
• Latin: patrōnymicum — linguistics: a patronymic name
• Polish: patronim — linguistics: a patronymic name