paternity

pa·ter·ni·ty  (p-tûrn-t)

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.

of or relating to a lawsuit brought by a woman attempting to establish that a particular man is the father of her child and so must provide the child with financial support: paternity case; paternity suit.

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

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paternity

Noun

1. the fact or state of being a father

2. descent or derivation from a father

Thesaurus

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"

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paternity

noun fatherhood, fathership (rare)

Translations

paternity [pəˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → paternidad f

paternity [pəˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → paternité f

paternity [pəˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → Vaterschaft f

paternity [pəˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → paternità