American English pronunciation
How to pronounce pater
IPA transcription: ['peɪtɚ]
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Noun
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an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
Usage examples
- She also has two younger paternal half-siblings, Alan Cooper "Zach" Spaulding and Emma Spencer-Spaulding.
- Giulia's paternity was not seen as a disadvantage at court.
- Cardinal Logue was born at his mother's paternal home, "Duringings", in Kilmacrenan, Company Donegal.
- One of his paternal great-great-great-grandfathers was Union General George Meade.
- His paternal grandparents were Welsh.
- His paternal grandfather had emigrated from Switzerland to Italy and his grandmother from Austria.
- The word paternalism is from the Latin "pater" "father" via the adjective "paternus" "fatherly".
- She was also a sister of Medb by paternity.
- As such, it was part of an alternate route between Newark and Paterson.
- The maternal and paternal X chromosomes have an equal probability of inactivation.