patern

Learned borrowing from Latin paternus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈtɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [paˈtɛɾn]

patern (feminine paterna, masculine plural paterns, feminine plural paternes)

1. paternal
2. parental

• pare
• patri

• “patern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From English pattern, from earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧tern

patern

1. a pattern

Borrowed from French paterne, from Latin paternus.

patern m or n (feminine singular paternă, masculine plural paterni, feminine and neuter plural paterne)

1. paternal

• paternitate