Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteropaternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-eropa-ter-nal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of different fathers.

Example Sentences

"Identical twins are more common than heteropaternal twins, and less common than fraternal twins."

Etymology

From hetero- + paternal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Questions

What does heteropaternal mean?: Of different fathers.
Where does heteropaternal come from?: From hetero- + paternal.

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