adj
Meaning 1
Derived from one's father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
patronymic
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Pronunciation
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/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Derived from one's ancestors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable
Examples
- a patronymic denomination
- I proposed to her that we give our first-born baby a patronymic name.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A name acquired from one's father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or derived from a personal or family name
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 6
a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: patronym
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: name
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym + -ic, from patro- + -onym.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бащин (baštin) — patronymic (adjective)
- Catalan: patronímic — patronymic (adjective)
- Czech: patronymický — patronymic (adjective)
- French: patronymique — patronymic (adjective)
- German: patronymisch — patronymic (adjective)
- Greek: πατρώνυμο (patrónymo) — patronymic (adjective)
- Hungarian: apai — patronymic (adjective)
- Italian: patronimico — patronymic (adjective)
- Latin: patrōnymicus — patronymic (adjective)
- Portuguese: patronímico — patronymic (adjective)
- Russian: о́тчество (ótčestvo) — patronymic (adjective)
- Spanish: patronímico — patronymic (adjective)
- Swedish: patronym — patronymic (adjective)
- Swedish: patronymisk — patronymic (adjective)
- Ukrainian: ба́тьків (bátʹkiv) — patronymic (adjective)
- Ukrainian: батькі́вський (batʹkívsʹkyj) — patronymic (adjective)
- Armenian: հայրանուն (hayranun) — patronymic (noun)
- Belarusian: і́мя па ба́цьку (ímja pa bácʹku) — patronymic (noun)
- Belarusian: па ба́цьку (pa bácʹku) — patronymic (noun)
- Bulgarian: бащино име (baštino ime) — patronymic (noun)
- Catalan: patronímic — patronymic (noun)
- Chinese Mandarin: 父名 (fùmíng) — patronymic (noun)
- Czech: patronymikum — patronymic (noun)
- Czech: patronymikon — patronymic (noun)
- Czech: patronymum — patronymic (noun)
- Danish: patronym — patronymic (noun)
- Danish: patronymikon — patronymic (noun)
- Erzya: тетялем (teťalem) — patronymic (noun)
- Finnish: patronyymi — patronymic (noun)
- Finnish: isännimi — patronymic (noun)
- French: patronyme — patronymic (noun)
- Georgian: მამის სახელი (mamis saxeli) — patronymic (noun)
- Georgian: პატრონიმი (ṗaṭronimi) — patronymic (noun)
- German: Vatername — patronymic (noun)
- German: Vatersname — patronymic (noun)
- German: Patronymikon — patronymic (noun)
- German: Patronymikum — patronymic (noun)
- German: Patronym — patronymic (noun)
- Greek: πατρωνυμικός (patronymikós) — patronymic (noun)
- Hungarian: apai név — patronymic (noun)
- Italian: patronimico — patronymic (noun)
- Japanese: 父称 (fushō) — patronymic (noun)
- Kazakh: әкесінің аты (äkesınıñ aty) — patronymic (noun)
- Komi-Zyrian: вич (vić) — patronymic (noun)
- Korean: 부칭 (buching) — patronymic (noun)
- Kyrgyz: атасынын аты (atasının atı) — patronymic (noun)
- Polish: patronimik — patronymic (noun)
- Portuguese: patronímico — patronymic (noun)
- Russian: о́тчество (ótčestvo) — patronymic (noun)
- Russian: по ба́тюшке (po bátjuške) — patronymic (noun)
- Russian: патро́ним (patrónim) — patronymic (noun)
- Slovene: patronimik — patronymic (noun)
- Swedish: patronymikon — patronymic (noun)
- Swedish: fadersnamn — patronymic (noun)
- Tajik: номи падар (nom-i padar) — patronymic (noun)
- Telugu: పైతృకనామము (paitr̥kanāmamu) — patronymic (noun)
- Ukrainian: по ба́тькові (po bátʹkovi) — patronymic (noun)
- Ukrainian: патро́нім (patrónim) — patronymic (noun)
- Uzbek: otasining ismi — patronymic (noun)
- Uzbek: ota nomi — patronymic (noun)
- Vietnamese: phụ danh — patronymic (noun)
- Vietnamese: tên gọi theo tên cha — patronymic (noun)
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