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pa·ter·ni·ty

(pə-tûr′nĭ-tē)

n. pl. pa·ter·ni·ties

1. The state of being a father; fatherhood.

2. Descent on a father's side; paternal descent.

3. Authorship; origin.

adj.

Relating to or involving the identification of a person's biological father: a paternity suit.

[Middle English paternite, from Old French, from Late Latin paternitās, from Latin paternus, paternal; see paternal.]

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paternity

(pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ)

a. the fact or state of being a father

b. (as modifier): a paternity suit was filed against the man.

2. (Genetics) descent or derivation from a father

3. authorship or origin: the paternity of the theory is disputed.

[C15: from Late Latin paternitās, from Latin pater father]

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pa•ter•ni•ty

(pəˈtɜr nɪ ti)

n.

1. the state of being a father; fatherhood.

2. derivation or descent from a father.

3. origin or authorship.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to a legal dispute in which a woman accuses a man of having fathered her child: a paternity suit.

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Noun	1.	paternity - the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
	2.	paternity - the kinship relation between an offspring and the father fatherhood family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
	3.	paternity - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" authorship founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

paternity

noun fatherhood, fathership (rare) He was tricked into marriage by a false accusation of paternity.

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Translations

أبُوَّه، أصْل

otcovství

faderskab

Vaterschaft

paternité

faîerni

paternalistico paternit...paternità paterno

babalık

父权

paternity

[pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ]

A. N → paternidad f

B. CPD paternity leave N → permiso m por paternidad, licencia f de paternidad
paternity suit N (Jur) → litigio m de paternidad
paternity test N → prueba f de la paternidad

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paternity

[pəˈtɜː^rnɪti] n → paternité fpaternity leave n → congé m de paternitépaternity suit n (LAW) → action f en recherche de paternitépaternity test n → test m de paternité

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paternity

n → Vaterschaft f; he denied paternity of the child → er bestritt die Vaterschaft an dem Kind

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paternity

[pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ] n → paternità

paternal

(pəˈtəːnl) adjective

1. of or like a father. paternal feelings.

2. among one's father's relatives. Her paternal grandmother.

paˈternity noun

the fact or state of being a father.

paternity

n. paternidad.

paternity

n paternidad f

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When multiple paternities were involved, male parent contribution to the brood was relatively even.

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In the state as a whole, which establishes 250,000 paternities a year while collecting $2 billion in child support, a whopping 68 percent of the 158,000 child support orders in 2000 (the last year studied) were default judgments.

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Between 1994 (the year after in-hospital paternity acknowledgment was mandated for all states) and 1998, the number of paternities established more than doubled.