SkyfireDict

paternity   (TTS Sound)

The noun paternity has 3 senses

• paternity -- (the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity")


• fatherhood, paternity -- (the kinship relation between an offspring and the father)


• authorship, paternity -- (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed")