American English pronunciation

How to pronounce pater

IPA transcription: ['peɪtɚ]

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Noun

  • 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.