paternellement
French, adverb\pa.tɛʁ.nɛl.mɑ̃\
paternellement is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paternellement is a French adverb meaning “paternally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En père, comme il convient à un père de le faire”.
What does paternellement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
paternally
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En père, comme il convient à un père de le faire.
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.
How do you pronounce paternellement?
- \pa.tɛʁ.nɛl.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paternellement in French?
paternellement appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).