"paternity" meaning in All languages combined

See paternity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paternity.wav Forms: paternities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂-}}, {{der|en|frm|paternité}} Middle French paternité, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|paternitās||paternity}} Latin paternitās (“paternity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paternity (countable and uncountable, plural paternities)
  1. Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-paternity-en-noun-NbjmLx8P
  2. Parental descent from a father. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (parental descent from father's side): paternitās [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-paternity-en-noun-u1QSFGTC Disambiguation of "parental descent from father's side": 13 83 0 4
  3. (law) Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-paternity-en-noun-SoiYglSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 12 46 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 75 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 11 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 87 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 4 82 10 Topics: law
  4. (figuratively) Authorship. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-paternity-en-noun-Ww3WHvuw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: paternity leave, paternity suit, paternity test, affiliation, maternity

Inflected forms

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