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Meaning of Paternity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈtɜːnɪti

Definitions

  1. Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
  2. Parental descent from a father.
  3. Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
  4. Authorship.

Equivalents

العربية اﻷبوّة
Čeština otcovství
Deutsch Vaterschaft
Suomi isyys
עברית אבהות
Latina paternitas
Polski ojcostwo
Svenska fäderne
Українська батьківство

Examples

“The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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