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1. (adj.) paternal
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly.
2. paternal
of or pertaining to a father:
paternal rights.
3. paternal
related on the father's side:
one's paternal grandfather.
4. paternal
derived or inherited from a father.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL paternālis= L patern(us) paternal (paterfather+-nus adj. suffix) +-ālis -al1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) paternal
belonging to or inherited from one's father
"spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"
2. (adj) paternal
characteristic of a father
3. (adj) parental, maternal, paternal
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
4. (adj) agnate, agnatic, paternal
related on the father's side
"a paternal aunt"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) paternal
of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care
2. (adj) paternal
received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate
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Sense: of or like a father
paternal feelings.
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 Afrikaans: vaderlik |
 Arabic: أبَوي، والِدي |
 Bulgarian: бащински |
 Brazilian: paternal |
 Czech: otcovský |
 German: väterlich |
 Danish: faderlig; fader- |
 Greek: πατρικός |
 Spanish: paternal |
 Estonian: isalik, isa- |
 Farsi: پدرانه |
 Finnish: isällinen |
 French: paternel |
 Hebrew: אֲבָהִי |
 Hindi: .पैतृक |
 Croatian: očinski |
 Hungarian: apai |
 Indonesian: kebapakan |
 Icelandic: föðurlegur |
 Italian: paterno |
 Japanese: 父の |
 Korean: 아버지의 |
 Lithuanian: tėviškas |
 Latvian: tēva-; tēvišķīgs |
 Malay: seorang ayah |
 Dutch: vaderlijk |
 Norwegian: fars-, faderlig |
 Polish: ojcowski |
 Persian: پدرانه |
 Pashto: پلارنى |
 Portuguese: paternal |
 Romanian: patern |
 Russian: отцовский |
 Slovak: otcovský |
 Slovenian: očetovski |
 Serbian: očinski |
 Swedish: faderlig, faders- |
 Thai: ที่เหมือนพ่อ |
 Turkish: babayla ilgili, baba |
 Taiwanese: 父親的，像父親的 |
 Ukrainian: батьківський |
 Urdu: پدري، باپ سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc cha |
 Chinese: 父亲的，象父亲的 |
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