paternity
Syllables: pa·tern·i·ty/pəˈtɜːnɪti/US/pəˈtɜɹnəti/
paternity noun: fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
Noun
paternity (countable and uncountable, plural paternities)
- Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
- Parental descent from a father.
- Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
- Authorship.
- The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.
paternity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
paternity in Hindi
- पितृत्व
paternity in Tamil
- தந்தை வழிமுறை, தந்தை வழி மரபு, தந்தைமை
paternity in Marathi
- पितृत्व
paternity in Urdu
- پیٹرنیٹی, پدرانہ پن
More languagesFewer languages
- paternity in Bengali
- পিতৃত্ব, বাবার পরিচয়
- paternity in Telugu
- పితృత్వం, పితృత్వము, పితృస్వామ్యము
- paternity in Malayalam
- പൈതൃകത, ഉത്പത്തി, പിതൃത്വം, ഉത്ഭവം
- paternity in Kannada
- ಪಿತೃತ್ವ, ತಂದೆತನ, ಜನಕತ್ವ
- paternity in Punjabi
- ਪਿਤਤ੍ਵ
- paternity in Gujarati
- પિતૃત્વ, પિતૃસત્તા
- paternity in Odia
- ପିତୃତ୍ୱର
- paternity in Nepali
- पितृत्व
Examples of paternity in a sentence
- Kelly is on mat leave til Thursday, then her husband starts paternity leave.
- My husband is on a three-month paternity leave while he looks after our newborn baby and I’m working abroad.
- The bridegroom, 75, retired as a consulting immunohematologist in Manhattan, serving as an expert witness in paternity cases.
Forms of paternity
| plural | paternities |
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Origin of paternity
From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).
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Phrases with paternity
Words that rhyme with paternity
Questions about paternity
- What does paternity mean?
- Paternity means fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
- What is paternity in Hindi?
- Paternity in Hindi is पितृत्व. See Paternity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is paternity?
- Paternity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce paternity?
- Paternity is pronounced /pəˈtɜːnɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of paternity?
- The plural of paternity is paternities.
Words near paternity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: paternity (page history and authors); paternity (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paternity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Paternity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paternity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paternity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paternity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paternity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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