paternity
pronunciation
How to pronounce paternity in British English:
UK [pəˈtɜ:nəti]
How to pronounce paternity in American English:
US [pəˈtɜrnəti]
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- Noun:
- the state of being a father
- the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
- the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
Word Origin
- paternity
- paternity: see patron
- paternity (n.)
- mid-15c., "condition of being a father," from Old French paternité (12c.), from Late Latin paternitatem (nominative paternitas) "fatherly care, fatherhood," from Latin paternus "of a father," from pater (see father (n.)). Originally in the ecclesiastical sense; literal sense first recorded 1580s. Meaning "paternal origin" is from 1868.
Example
- 1. " One myth is that men won 't take paternity leave , " says twaronite . "
- 2. Paternity tests available to private citizens from oct 13 .
- 3. Paternity is the state of being a father .
- 4. If so I would have to do a paternity test .
- 5. Literary paternity test : who fathered the computer ?