patriarca

Borrowed 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”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pə.tɾiˈaɾ.kə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pə.tɾiˈar.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaɾ.ka/

patriarca m (plural patriarques)

1. patriarch

• matriarca
• patriarcal
• patriarcat

Borrowed 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”).

patriarca m (plural patriarchi)

1. patriarch

• patriarcale
• patriarcato

• patriarcha (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese patriarca, patriarcha, borrowed 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”).

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

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)

• patriarcado
• patriarcal

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾjarka/, [paˈt̪ɾjarka]

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. patriarch