He's my father's father. He's my paternal grandpa.
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Paternal
//pəˈtɜː.nəl//
Synonyms for "paternal" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
derived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πατρικός adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Arabic
2 entries- أَبَوِيّ adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- أَبَوِيّ adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Armenian
4 entries- հայրական adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- հայրական adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- հայրական adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- հայրենի adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Belarusian
4 entries- айцо́ўскі adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- айцо́ўскі adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- ба́цькаў adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ба́цькаўскі adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ба́щин adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ба́щин adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- ба́щински adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ба́щински adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Catalan
1 entries- patern adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 母系 adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- 父系 adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- 父親的 /父亲的 adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Czech
3 entries- otcovský adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- otcovský adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- otcovský adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Danish
4 entries- alfaderlig adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- faderlig adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- faderlig adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- faderlig adj (acting as a father)
Dutch
4 entries- paternaal adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- vaderlijk adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- vaderlijk adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- vaderlijk adj (acting as a father)
Finnish
4 entries- isällinen adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- isän tekemä adj (acting as a father)
- isänpuoleinen adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- isänpuoleinen adj (received or inherited from one's father)
French
3 entries- paternel adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- paternel adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- paternel adj (received or inherited from one's father)
German
1 entries- väterlich adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Greek
4 entries- πατρικός adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- πατρικός adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- πατρικός adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- πατρικός adj (acting as a father)
Hindi
3 entries- पैतृक adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- पैतृक adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- पैतृक adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Hungarian
4 entries- apai adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- apai adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- apai adj (acting as a father)
- atyai adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Italian
1 entries- paterno adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Japanese
2 entries- 父性 adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- 父方の adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Latin
4 entries- paternus adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- paternus adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- paternus adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- paternālis adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Lithuanian
2 entries- tėvinis adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- tėviškas adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Macedonian
2 entries- татковски adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- татковски adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- faderlig adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Old English
1 entries- fæderen adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پدری adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- پدری adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Persian
2 entries- پدرانه adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- پدری adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Polish
3 entries- ojcowski adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ojcowski adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- po mieczu adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Portuguese
3 entries- paterno adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- paterno adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- paterno adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Romanian
1 entries- patern adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Russian
4 entries- оте́ческий adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- оте́ческий adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- отцо́вский adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- отцо́вский adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- taobh athar adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- òčev adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ȍčīnskī adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ȍčīnskī adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- ȍčīnskī adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Slovak
3 entries- otcovský adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- otcovský adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- otcovský adj (received or inherited from one's father)
Slovene
2 entries- očetovski adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- očetovski adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Spanish
2 entries- paternal adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- paterno adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Swedish
1 entries- faderlig adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Tajik
2 entries- падарона adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- падарӣ adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Turkish
3 entries- babacan adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- babacan adj (received or inherited from one's father)
- pederane adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ба́тьків adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ба́тьківський adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
- ба́тьківський adj (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father)
- оте́цький adj (of or pertaining to one's father)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
She is my father's mother. She is my paternal grandmother.
Source: tatoeba (3154977)
My paternal grandmother enjoys tea ceremonies.
Source: tatoeba (4201930)
Tom's paternal grandparents live in Australia.
Source: tatoeba (4500700)
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