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1. (n.) paternity
the state of being a father; fatherhood.
2. paternity
derivation or descent from a father.
3. paternity
origin or authorship.
4. (adj.) paternity
of or pertaining to a legal dispute in which a woman accuses a man of having fathered her child:
a paternity suit.
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| Definition of 'paternity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) paternity
the state of being a father
"tests were conducted to determine paternity"
2. (noun) fatherhood, paternity
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
3. (noun) authorship, paternity
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
"the authorship of the theory is disputed"
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| Definition of 'paternity' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) paternity
the relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity
2. (noun) paternity
derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child
3. (noun) paternity
origin; authorship
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| Definition of 'paternity' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. paternity
Establishing the father relationship of a man and a child.
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Sense: the fact or state of being a father.
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 Afrikaans: vaderskap |
 Arabic: أبُوَّه، أصْل |
 Bulgarian: бащинство |
 Brazilian: paternidade |
 Czech: otcovství |
 German: die Vaterschaft |
 Danish: faderskab |
 Greek: πατρότητα |
 Spanish: paternidad |
 Estonian: isadus |
 Farsi: پدر بودن |
 Finnish: isyys |
 French: paternité |
 Hebrew: אַבָּהוּת |
 Hindi: पित्रत्व |
 Croatian: očinstvo |
 Hungarian: apaság |
 Indonesian: kedudukan ayah |
 Icelandic: faðerni |
 Italian: paternità |
 Japanese: 父性 |
 Korean: 부성, 부권 |
 Lithuanian: tėvystė |
 Latvian: tēva stāvoklis |
 Malay: bapa |
 Dutch: vaderschap |
 Norwegian: farskap |
 Polish: ojcostwo |
 Persian: پدر بودن |
 Pashto: پلاروالى، پلارتوب |
 Portuguese: paternidade |
 Romanian: paternitate |
 Russian: отцовство |
 Slovak: otcovstvo |
 Slovenian: očetovstvo |
 Serbian: očinstvo |
 Swedish: faderskap |
 Thai: ความเป็นบิดา |
 Turkish: babalık |
 Taiwanese: 父權 |
 Ukrainian: батьківство |
 Urdu: پدريت، باپ کا رشتہ |
 Vietnamese: cương vị làm cha |
 Chinese: 父权 |
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