Paternal

adjective

/pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl/

Word Frequency: 3.1

Definitions

1.adjectiveOf or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family

"paternal grandfather"

2.adjectiveFatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

3.adjectiveReceived or inherited from one's father.

4.adjectiveActing as a father

"paternal filicide"

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