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Definition: Paternity |
PaternityNoun1. The kinship relation between an offspring and the father. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paternity" was first used: 1449. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Establishing the father relationship of a man and a child. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Where paternity of the child is in question, any party with an interest may ask the court to determine paternity, of one or several potential fathers (called putative father) based initially upon sworn statements and then upon testimony, including but not limited to:
Please remember in calculating the date of conception that the human gestation period is roughly 9 months, less 7-11 days.
A child born to the husband and wife prior to the marriage becomes a child of the marriage when the marriage is performed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Paternity."
Synonym: PaternitySynonym: fatherhood (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Noun: consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood; parentage; (paternity); filiation, affiliation; lineage, agnation, connection, alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism. |
Paternity | Noun: paternity; parentage; consanguinity. |
Veteran | Preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers; (paternity). |
Woman | Consanguinity ., paternity . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Paternity |
| English words defined with "paternity": bastardy proceeding ♦ Fathership, Filiety, Fitz ♦ paternity suit, paternity test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "paternity": Annus Luctus ♦ Employed persons ♦ MNSs Blood-Group System ♦ Time off benefit ♦ Vitamin D-Binding Protein. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Paternity (1981) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Belize | It requires parents to maintain and support children until they reach the age of 18, compared with the previous law's mandate of support until the age of 16. The law also accepts DNA testing as legal proof of paternity and maternity. (references) |
Seychelles | An 18-member Family Tribunal heard and decided all matters relating to the care, custody, access, and maintenance of children, except paternity cases, which remain under the courts. (references) | |
Economic History | Sweden | Swedes benefit from an extensive social welfare system that provides for childcare and maternity and paternity leave, a ceiling on health care costs, old-age pensions, and sick leave among other benefits. (references) |
Human Rights | Lithuania | There are no special family courts, but judges in the district courts hear juvenile criminal cases and cases related to children's rights (e.g., domestic adoption and paternity matters). (references) |
Women | Mexico | However, in some states a woman may not bring suit to establish paternity and thereby obtain child support, unless the child was a product of rape or cohabitation, the child resides with the father, or there is written proof of paternity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Paternity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paternity" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 60 | 43,597 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "paternity". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Joab | N/A | Biblical | Paternity |
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Expressions using "paternity": clan paternity ♦ declare paternity ♦ paternity leave ♦ paternity suit ♦ paternity test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paternity test | 562 |
paternity testing | 393 |
paternity | 330 |
dna paternity | 64 |
paternity leave | 51 |
establishing paternity | 34 |
paternity testing lab | 33 |
paternity suit | 32 |
paternity fraud | 31 |
paternity test kit | 29 |
paternity law | 27 |
paternity angel | 25 |
paternity right | 25 |
paternity blood type | 24 |
paternity blood test | 14 |
acknowledgment paternity | 8 |
paternity test service | 8 |
paternity case | 7 |
paternity services test | 7 |
paternity test cost | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paternity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prejardhje nga babai, atësi (fatherhood, parentage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أصل (ancestry, beginning, birth, derivation, descent, extraction, genealogy, genesis, germ, ingrain, origin, parent, parentage, pedigree, principle, provenance, provenience, race, rise, root, seed, source, stock, strain, taproot), أبوة (parenthood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | авторство (authorship), бащинство (fatherhood, parentage, parenthood), произход по баща, източник (derivation, font, fountain-head, hand, mint, origin, parent, quarry, quarter, quarters, reservoir, source, spring, thesaurus, well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | paternita, otcovství (fatherhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | paternitetsfastlæggelse (proof of paternity), uægte slægtskab (illegitimate paternity), orlov for fædre i forbindelse med fødsel (paternity leave), forbud mod frasigelse af fadderskab (ban on disavowal of paternity), faderskabspåvisning (proof of paternity), faderskabdsokumenter (affiliation certificate, paternity evidence), ekspertudtalelse vedrørende faderskab (expert opinion on paternity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verbod om afstand te doen van het vaderschap (ban on disavowal of paternity), natuurlijke afstamming (biological consanguinity, illegitimate paternity, natural affiliation), erkenning van een kind (acknowledgment of paternity, declaration of paternity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منشاء (Fountain, Germ, Parent, Provenance, Source), صفات پدری , اصلیت (Identity, Reality), اصل (Element, Genuine, Germ, Inception, Maxim, Mother, Motif, Point, Principle, Provenance, Quintessence, Real, Root, Stem, Strain), رفتارپدرانه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | isyys (fatherhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | paternité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vaterschaft (fatherhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πατρότητα (fatherhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אב"ות (fatherhood, fatherliness, parentage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | apaság (fatherhood, parenthood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | paternit (authorship, fatherhood, parenthood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 父性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふせい (asymmetry, correction, dishonesty, illegality, impropriety, iniquity, injustice, irregular, irregularity, lack of uniformity, nature, negative properties, revision, transient life, unevenness, unfairness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ayraght (fatherhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aternitypay paternidade (father in law, parentage, parenthood), paternalismo, autoria, ascendência paterna. (various references) paternitate (authorship, fatherhood, parenthood), descendenţã pe linie paternã, calitatea de tatã, calitatea de autor. (various references) отцовство (fatherhood, parentage, parenthood). (various references) očinstvo (fatherhood, filiation, paternalism). (various references) paternidad (fatherhood, parenthood). (various references) faderskap (fatherhood). (various references) kaynak (authorship, basis, beginning, birth, bottom, chapter and verse, context, font, fount, fountain, fountain-head, fund, genesis, grass roots, headspring, inquiries, origin, parent, principle, provenance, quarter, reserve, resource, rise, root, root stock, roots, seeds, source, source material, source of supply, spore, spring, weld, welding, well, wellhead, wellspring, womb), köken (authorship, basis, bedrock, beginning, birth, derivation, descent, etymon, extraction, genesis, lineage, origin, origination, pedigree, principle, provenance, radical, root, seeds, spore, spring, wellhead, wellspring, womb), babalık (fatherhood, parenthood, pop, pops), baba tarafı. (various references) батьківство (fatherhood, parentage, parenthood), джерело (authorship, beginning, channel, cradle, derivation, fount, fountain-head, headspring, lymph, origin, parent, principle, progenitor, quarry, radix, source, spring, well, wellspring, whence). (various references) tư cách l m cha, ngu"n tác giả, địa vị l m cha. (various references) tadogaeth (derivation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | paternus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Paternity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faternity, parternity, patarini, paterno, paternt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "paternity" (pronounced puter"nutē) |
| 7 | -u t er" n u t ē | fraternity, maternity. |
| 6 | -t er" n u t ē | eternity. |
| 5 | -er" n u t ē | modernity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, amenity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, femininity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, obscenity, opportunity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: antitype, triptane. | |
-2 letters: intreat, iterant, nattier, nitrate, painter, partite, patient, pattern, pertain, repaint, reptant, tertian, tintype. | |
-3 letters: arpent, attire, enrapt, entity, entrap, napery, natter, nitery, painty, panier, pantie, pantry, parent, parity, patent, patine, patten, patter, pattie, pinery, pineta, pirate, pretty, pterin, pyrite, rapine, ratine, ratite, ratten, retain, retina, retint, tetany, tinter, treaty, trepan, typier, tyrant, yatter, yttria. | |
-4 letters: antre, apery, apter, arpen, atrip, entia, entry, inapt, inept, inert, inter, irate, natty, netty, niter, nitre, nitty, paint, panty, party, paten, pater, patin, patty, payer, peart, peaty, petit, petti, petty, pieta, piety, piney, pinta, prate, print, pyran, rainy, ratty, repay, repin, retia, riant, ripen, taint, taper, tapir, tarty, tater, teary, tenia, tenty, terai, tetra, tinea, titan, titer, titre, train, trait, trapt, treat, trine, tripe, trite, yearn, yenta. | |
-5 letters: aery, airn, airt, airy, ante, anti, aper, arty, ayin, earn, etna, eyra, nape, nary, neap, near, neat, nett, nipa, nite, pain, pair, pane, pant, pare, part, pate, paty, pean, pear, peat, pein, pent, peri, pert, pian, pier, pina, pine, pint, piny, pirn, pita, pity, prat, pray, prey, pyin, pyre, rain, rani, rant, rape, rapt, rate, reap, rein, rent, ripe, rite, tain, tape, tare, tarn, tarp, tart, tate, tear, teat, tent, tepa, tern, tier, tine, tint, tiny, tire, trap, tray, tret, trey, trip, tyer, tyin, tyne, type, tyre, yare, yarn, yean, year, yeti, yett, yipe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: interparty, tryptamine. | |
+2 letters: antipoverty, antipyretic, pertinacity, petitionary, retinopathy, tapestrying, tryptamines. | |
+3 letters: antipyretics, attorneyship, penitentiary, tripinnately. | |
+4 letters: amitriptyline, attorneyships, centripetally, importunately, intemperately, parasynthetic, penetrability, penetratingly, precipitantly. | |
+5 letters: amitriptylines, extemporaneity, hyperventilate, hypnotherapist, interplanetary, presentability, preventability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 74 65 72 6E 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- - . .-. -. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a t e r n i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0074 0065 0072 006E 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506786718480758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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