English-Thai Dictionary

paternity

N ความ เป็น บิดา  fatherhood kwam-pen-bi-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PATERNITY

n.Fathership; the relation of a father. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PATERNITY

Pa *ter "ni *ty, n. Etym: [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternité. See Paternal. ]

 

1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.

 

2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

 

3. Origin; authorship. The paternity of these novels was. .. disputed. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paternity

pa ter ni ty |pəˈternitē pəˈtɜːrnəti | ▶noun 1 (esp. in legal contexts ) the state of being someone's father: he refused to admit paternity of the child. 2 paternal origin: his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father. ’

 

paternity suit

pa ter ni ty suit |pəˈtɛrnədi sut | ▶noun a court case held to establish formally the identity of a child's father, typically in order to require the man to support the child financially.

 

paternity test

pa ter ni ty test ▶noun a medical test, typically a blood test, to determine whether a man may be the father of a particular child.

 

Oxford Dictionary

paternity

pa ¦ter |nity |pəˈtəːnɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 (especially in legal contexts ) the state of being someone's father: he refused to admit paternity of the child. 2 paternal origin: his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father ’.

 

paternity suit

pa ¦ter |nity suit ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. a court case held to establish formally the identity of a child's father.

 

paternity test

pa ¦ter |nity test ▶noun a medical test, typically a blood test, to determine whether a man is the father of a particular child.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

paternity

paternity noun the blood tests are used to determine paternity: fatherhood.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

paternity

paternity noun he refused to admit paternity of the child: fatherhood; rare fathership.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paternity

pa ter ni ty /pətə́ː r nəti /名詞 U 〘法 〙父であること ; 父権 .～́ l è ave 父親の育児休暇 .～́ s ù it (s )父権認知訴訟 〘財政的援助を目的に行われることが多い 〙.