Catalan

Noun

patriarca m ‎(plural patriarques)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• matriarca
• patriarcal
• patriarcat

Italian

Noun

patriarca m ‎(plural patriarchi)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• patriarcale
• patriarcato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• patriarcha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese patriarca, patriarcha, from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης ‎(patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά ‎(patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -αρχης ‎(-arkhēs, “-arch”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tɾi.ˈaɾ.kɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpa.tɾi.ˈaʁ.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ar‧ca

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. (sociology) patriarch (male head of a community or household)
2. (ecclesiastical, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism) patriarch (highest rank of bishop)

Related terms

• patriarcado
• patriarcal

Spanish

Noun

patriarca m ‎(plural patriarcas)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• matriarca
• patriarcado
• patriarcal