paternity

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paternity

/pəˈtɜːnɪti/ UK
/pəˈtɜɹnəti/ US
[-ɾi] US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).

noun paternities

countable, uncountable Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
countable, uncountable Parental descent from a father.
countable, uncountable Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
countable, figuratively, uncountable Authorship. The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fatherhood, father, parental, parenthood, dad, paternal, filiation, maternity, parenting, parentage, affiliation, ownership, acknowledgment, attribution, authorship, leave

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"paternity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paternity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

paternity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paternity

Chicago

"paternity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paternity.

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@misc{paternity_2026,
  title = {paternity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paternity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}