English Dictionary

paternal

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl/

形容詞

Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. / Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. / Received or inherited from one's father.

日本語の意味

父親に関する / 父性的な、父親らしい / 父方から受け継がれる

His paternal instincts kicked in when the child started crying.

子供が泣き始めると、彼の父性本能が働いた。

意味（1）

Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.

paternal grandfather

意味（2）

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

意味（3）

Received or inherited from one's father.

Thus, ere the ſeeds of vice were ſown, / Liv'd men in better ages born, / Who plow'd with oxen of their own / Their ſmall paternal field of corn.

意味（4）

Acting as a father.

more paternal （ comparative ）

most paternal （ superlative ）