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patronyms

patronyms is the plural of patronym.

Meaning of patronym

Noun

patronym (plural patronyms)

  1. The name of someone's father.
  2. A patronymic surname.

Questions about patronyms

What is patronyms the plural of?
Patronyms is the plural of patronym.

Words near patronyms in the dictionary

  1. patronymically
  2. patronymick
  3. patronymicks
  4. patronymics
  5. patronymies
  6. patronyms
  7. patronymy
  8. patroon
  9. patroonry
  10. patroons
  11. patroonship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patronyms (page history and authors); patronym (page history and authors). 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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