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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.tɾiˈar.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.tɾiˈaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka

patriarca m (plural patriarques)

1. patriarch

• “patriarca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “patriarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “patriarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “patriarca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾjaɾka/ [paˈt̪ɾjaɾ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Hyphenation: pa‧triar‧ca

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. patriarch

• “patriarca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.ka/^[1]
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧àr‧ca

patriarca m (plural patriarchi)

1. patriarch

• patriarca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• patriarca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• patriarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• patriàrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• patriarca in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• patrïarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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patriarca m (plural patriarcas, feminine matriarca, feminine plural matriarcas)

1. patriarch

• patriarcha (obsolete)

From Old Galician-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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

• Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
• 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)

• “patriarca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “patriarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “patriarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “patriarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “patriarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “patriarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾjaɾka/ [paˈt̪ɾjaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: pa‧triar‧ca

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. patriarch

• “patriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024