FromOld Frenchpaternal(“of a father”) (12c.), a learned borrowing fromVulgar Latinpaternālis(“paternal”), from ClassicalLatinpaternus(“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), frompater(“father”).
paternal (comparativemorepaternal,superlativemostpaternal)
- Of or pertaining to one'sfather, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
paternal grandfather
1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Different Views of Youth and Age”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,page93:It was with a natural touch of pride that Norbourne Courtenaye paced hispaternal hall, while waiting for his uncle, with whom he was going to ride.
- Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- Received orinherited from one's father.
a.1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Second Epode of Horace”, inThe Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published1760,→OCLC,page477:Thus, ere the ſeeds of vice were ſown, / Liv'd men in better ages born, / Who plow'd with oxen of their own / Their ſmallpaternal field of corn.
- Acting as a father.
- (Can we add anexample for this sense?)
of or pertaining to one's father
- Arabic:أَبَوِيّ(ʔabawiyy)
- Armenian:հայրական (hy)(hayrakan),հայրենի (hy)(hayreni)
- Belarusian:ба́цькаўскі(bácʹkaŭski),бацько́ўскі(bacʹkóŭski),ба́цькаў(bácʹkaŭ),айцо́ўскі(ajcóŭski)
- Bulgarian:ба́щин (bg)(báštin),ба́щински (bg)(báštinski)
- Catalan:patern (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:父親的 /父亲的 (zh)(fùqin de),父系 (zh)(fùxì),母系 (zh)(mǔxì)
- Czech:otcovský (cs) m
- Danish:faderlig
- Dutch:vaderlijk (nl)
- Finnish:isänpuoleinen
- French:paternel (fr)
- German:väterlich (de)
- Greek:πατρικός (el)(patrikós)
- Ancient:πατρικός(patrikós)
- Hindi:पैतृक (hi)(paitŕk)
- Hungarian:apai (hu),atyai (hu)
- Italian:paterno (it)
- Japanese:父性 (ja)(ふせい, fusei),父方の (ja)(ちちかたの, chichikata no)
- Latin:paternālis,paternus
- Lithuanian:tėvinis
- Macedonian:татковски(tatkovski)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:faderlig
- Old English:fæderen
- Ottoman Turkish:پدری(pederî)
- Persian:پدری (fa)(pedari)
- Polish:ojcowski (pl)
- Portuguese:paterno (pt)
- Romanian:patern (ro)
- Russian:отцо́вский (ru)(otcóvskij),оте́ческий (ru)(otéčeskij)
- Scottish Gaelic:taobh athar
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:о̏чӣнскӣ,о̀чев
- Roman:ȍčīnskī (sh),òčev (sh)
- Slovak:otcovský
- Slovene:očetovski
- Spanish:paterno (es)
- Swedish:faderlig (sv)
- Tajik:падарӣ(padari)
- Ukrainian:ба́тьківський (uk)(bátʹkivsʹkyj),оте́цький(otécʹkyj),ба́тьків (uk)(bátʹkiv),отце́вий(otcévyj)
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fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father
received or inherited from one's father
Translations to be checked
Borrowed fromLatinpaternālis. Compare the descended termpaternel.
paternal m (oblique and nominative feminine singularpaternale)
- paternal
Borrowed fromFrenchpaternel. Bysurface analysis,patern +-al.
paternal m orn (feminine singularpaternală,masculine pluralpaternali,feminine and neuter pluralpaternale)
- fatherly
- IPA(key): /pateɾˈnal/[pa.t̪eɾˈnal]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:pa‧ter‧nal
paternal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralpaternales)
- paternal,fatherly
