paternity
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//pəˈtɜːnɪti//
- United States//pəˈtɜɹnəti//
- United States/[-ɾi]/
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
noun
- 1
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
- 2
Parental descent from a father.
- 3
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
- 4
figurativeAuthorship.
The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.
Etymology
From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).
Forms
- plural
- paternities
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paternity · Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
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