paternel
French, adjective/pa.tɛʁ.nɛl/
paternel is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-E-L (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paternel is a French adjective meaning “paternal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport au père, qui appartient au père”.
What does paternel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paternal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport au père, qui appartient au père. 2. Qui vient du père, qui est du côté du père. 3. Qui est tel qu’il convient à un père, tel qu’il appartient à l’état, à la qualité de père.
noun: 1. Père.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paternel
- paternelle feminine
- paternels masculine plural
- paternelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paternel?
- /pa.tɛʁ.nɛl/
- \pa.tɛʁ.nɛl\
- [pa.tɛʁ.nɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paternel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paternel in French?
paternel appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).