paterfamilias

See also: pater familias

English

Etymology

From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Confer the English word family.

Noun

paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)

A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

Synonyms

patriarch

Antonyms

(a woman who is the head of a household): materfamilias

Translations

a man who is the head of a household

Arabic: رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة‎ m (rabb al-ʿāʾila)
Faroese: húsbóndi m
Galician: petrucio m
Georgian: ტანუტერი (ṭanuṭeri)
German: Paterfamilias m, Familienvater (de) m

Greek: πάτερ φαμίλιας (el) m (páter famílias)
Irish: ceann tí m, ceann urra teaghlaigh m
Latin: pater familias m
Spanish: paterfamilias (es) m
Volapük: famülafat

Spanish

Noun

paterfamilias m (plural paterfamilias)

paterfamilias

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