English Explanatory Dictionary

patronymic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Derived from one's father.
  2. Derived from one's ancestors.
noun
  1. A name acquired from one's father.
  2. A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

Pronunciation

/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-patronymic.wav

Word forms

patronymic patronymick patronymics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym + -ic, from patri- + -onym.

Synonyms

patronym

Related words

family name first name given name papponymic surname

Derived words

patronymically

Translations

Armenian: հայրանուն Belarusian: і́мя па ба́цьку Belarusian: па ба́цьку Bulgarian: бащино име Catalan: patronímic Chinese Mandarin: 父名 Czech: patronymikum Czech: patronymikon Czech: patronymum Danish: patronym Danish: patronymikon Erzya: тетялем Finnish: patronyymi Finnish: isännimi French: patronyme Georgian: მამის სახელი Georgian: პატრონიმი German: Vatername German: Vatersname German: Patronymikon German: Patronymikum German: Patronym Greek: πατρωνυμικός Hungarian: apai név Italian: patronimico Japanese: 父称 Kazakh: әкесінің аты Komi-Zyrian: вич Korean: 부칭 Kyrgyz: атасынын аты Polish: patronimik Portuguese: patronímico Russian: о́тчество Russian: по ба́тюшке Russian: патро́ним Slovene: patronimik Swedish: patronymikon Swedish: fadersnamn Tajik: номи падар Telugu: పైతృకనామము Ukrainian: по ба́тькові Ukrainian: патро́нім Uzbek: otasining ismi Uzbek: ota nomi Vietnamese: phụ danh Vietnamese: tên gọi theo tên cha
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