paterna
Portuguese, adjective
paterna is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paterna is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of paterno” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de paterno”.
What does paterna mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of paterno
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feminino de paterno
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is paterna in Portuguese?
paterna appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).