how to pronounce paternity

/pəˈtɝnɪtiː/

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paternity is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of paternity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… leave paternity leave when they need you …”

meanings of paternity

noun:

Authorship.
Fatherhood, being a father.
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
Parental descent from a father.

paternity frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word paternity occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics paternity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that paternity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;