paternal

adj.

1. Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.
2. Received or inherited from a father: a paternal trait.
3. Related through one's father: my paternal aunt.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin paternālis, from Latin paternus, from pater, father.]

paternally pa·ter'nal·ly adv.

adjective

Like a father: fatherlike, fatherly. See kin.

adj

Definition: fatherly
Antonyms: maternal

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IN BRIEF: Fatherly. Also: related through a father.

The professor had paternal feelings for his students.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fader-, fædrene, faderlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vaderlijk, paternalistisch, van vaderszijde

Français (French)
adj. - paternel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - väterlich, väterlicherseits

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πατρικός

Italiano (Italian)
paterno

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - paternal, paterno, hereditário

Русский (Russian)
родительский, отцовский, материнский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - paternal, paterno

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - faderlig, fäderne-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
父亲的, 得自父亲的, 似父亲的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 父親的, 得自父親的, 似父親的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아버지로서의, 부계의, 온정주의의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 父の, 父親らしい, 父方の, 温情主義の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أبوي, والدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אבהי, מצד האב, קרוב מצד האב ל-, פטרנליסטי (משטר)‬

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