patriarchal

English

Alternative forms

patriarchial

Etymology

patriarch +‎ -al

Adjective

patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
- Tennyson
  About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.
Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

Derived terms

Derived terms

metapatriarchal
patriarchal cross

Related terms

Translations

relating to patriarchy

Catalan: patriarcal
Czech: patriarchální
Danish: patriakalsk
Dutch: patriarchaal (nl), aartsvaderlijk (nl)
Faroese: ættfaðirligur
French: patriarcal (fr)
German: patriarchalisch (de)
Greek: πατριαρχικός (el) (patriarchikós)
Hungarian: patriarchális (hu)

Italian: patriarcale (it)
Manx: ard-ayroil
Portuguese: patriarcal
Russian: патриарха́льный (ru) (patriarxálʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̏тријарха̄лан

Roman: pȁtrijarhālan (sh)
Spanish: patriarcal (es)

See also

matriarchal

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