paternity leave

English

Etymology

From paternity +‎ leave, modelled after maternity leave.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɜːnɪti ˌliːv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɜ(ɹ)nəti ˌliv/, [-ɾi]
• Hyphenation: pa‧tern‧i‧ty leave

Noun

paternity leave (usually uncountable, plural paternity leaves)

1. A leave of absence from a job for a father to care of a baby.

   Hypernym: parental leave

   Coordinate term: maternity leave

   My husband is on a three-month paternity leave while he looks after our newborn baby and I’m working abroad.

Derived terms

• pawternity leave

Translations

leave of absence from a job for a father to care of a baby

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: barsel c
• Dutch: vaderschapsverlof (nl)
• Finnish: isyysloma
• French: congé de paternité (fr) m
• German: Vaterschaftsurlaub m
• Irish: saoire atharthachta
• Polish: urlop ojcowski (pl) m
• Portuguese: licença-paternidade (pt) f
• Swedish: faderskapsledighet
• Turkish: babalık izni

Further reading

• parental leave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia