paternity

Meaning of paternity

noun
  1. (especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone's father.
    he refused to admit paternity of the child
  2. paternal origin.
    his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity

late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father’.

Information about paternity

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of paternity is: paternities.
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Hyphenation of paternity

pa-ter-nity

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • paternity is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

paternity synonyms

Meaning fatherhood:

fatherhood

Meaning authorship:

authorship

Meaning the state of being someone's father:

fathership

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