patriarca

Catalan

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarques)

  1. patriarch

Italian

Etymology

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).

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarchi)

  1. patriarch

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

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)

Spanish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

  1. patriarch
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