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paternal

[ puh-tur-nl ]

adjective

  1. characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:

    a kind and paternal reprimand.

  2. of or relating to a father.
  3. related on the father's side:

    one's paternal grandfather.

  4. derived or inherited from a father:

    paternal traits.



paternal

/ 辫蓹藞迟蓽藧苍蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of a father, esp in showing affection, encouragement, etc; fatherly
  2. prenominal related through the father

    his paternal grandfather

  3. inherited or derived from the male parent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫补藞迟别谤苍补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫补路迟别谤顎僴补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卲补路迟别谤顎僴补濒 adjective
  • non顎叡璨孤烦俦鸢僴补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卲补路迟别谤顎僴补濒 adjective
  • un顎叡璨孤烦俦鸢僴补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of paternal1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English, from Old French paternel, from Late Latin 辫补迟别谤苍腻濒颈蝉, equivalent to Latin patern(us) 鈥減aternal鈥 ( pater father + -nus adjective suffix) + -腻濒颈蝉 -al 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of paternal1

C17: from Late Latin 辫补迟别谤苍腻濒颈蝉, from Latin pater father
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鈥淪herlock and Daughter,鈥 a paternal twist on the Holmes legend and a new adaptation of Agatha Christie鈥檚 鈥淭owards Zero鈥 debut on the CW and BritBox, respectively.

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He doesn鈥檛 buy the paternity story, though, as things go on, he will become, in his Holmesian way, paternal: 鈥淚t鈥檚 odd how concern for your safety affects my concentration.鈥

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Luke Emerton found that a number of women on the paternal side had died from breast cancer at a young age - including Hannah's grandmother.

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The actor-singer, whose mother is of Italian descent, said it took 17 years for her paternal grandparents to get citizenship.

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Ms Kelly said she had believed it was in the boys' "best interests" that they got to know their paternal relatives.

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