Sekirov Dictionary

paternal

UK /pəˈtɜː.nəl/US /pəˈtɜɹ.nəl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

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Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- It was with a natural touch of pride that Norbourne Courtenaye paced his paternal hall, while waiting for his uncle, with whom he was going to ride. — 1837
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Received or inherited from one's father.
- Thus, ere the seeds of vice were sown, / Liv'd men in better ages born, / Who plow'd with oxen of their own / Their small paternal field of corn. — 1701
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Acting as a father.

noun1

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(rare) A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.
- Well, actually, that ain't "Mother, Father". "To the maternals, to the paternals." or "From the maternals, from the paternals.". — 1998

forms

paternals · more paternal · most paternal

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