paternidade
Portuguese, noun/pa.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
paternidade is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paternidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paternity, fatherhood (condition of being a father)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o estado de ser pai”.
What does paternidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepaternity, fatherhood (condition of being a father)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o estado de ser pai
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.
Forms of paternidade
- paternidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paternidade?
- Brazil /pa.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [pa.teɦ.niˈda.d͡ʒi]
- /pa.teɾ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paternidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paternidade in Portuguese?
paternidade appears 2.8 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).